Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John James, Walker County, Texas, 1867
John James registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 6 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
John James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John James
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "John X Lamb"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJohn James reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named James in Walker County
- Henry Jamesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Madison Jamesborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
Jameses elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 2 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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