Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Terril, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
James Terril registered to vote in Victoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Victoria County
James Terril
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Terril
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Victoria County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Naturalized, when
- "Dec Mo"
- Signature, as written
- "Chas Rosner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Terril in Victoria County
- Haywood Terrilreached Texas about 1846
- Henry Terrilreached Texas about 1866
Terrils 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 18 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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