Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Monroe, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
James Monroe registered to vote in Bexar County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Bexar County
James Monroe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Monroe
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Monroes 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 49 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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