Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim White, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Jim White registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Kaufman County
Jim White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Jim White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Kaufman County
- Edward Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Henry Whiteborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1866
Whites 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 13 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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