Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abner James, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Abner James registered to vote in Victoria County on June 24, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Abner James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abner James
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Before County Court"
- Signature, as written
- "Amos his X mark James"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 1 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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