Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William James, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
William James registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 29 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
William James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William James
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 29 years
- Years in the precinct
- 29 years
Other freedmen named James in Matagorda County
- John Jamesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1831
- Robert Jamesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
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 12 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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