Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Madison, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
James Madison registered to vote in Bexar County on July 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
James Madison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Madison
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Madison in Bexar County
- John Madisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Madisons 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 6 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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