Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James McKee, Williamson County, Texas, 1869
James McKee registered to vote in Williamson County on November 16, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
James McKee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James McKee
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Naturalized, how
- "By Justice Wilson"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 1875"
- Naturalized, where
- "Washington County, Maine"
- Signature, as written
- "John his x mark Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McKee in Williamson County
- Albert McKeeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
McKees 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 23 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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