Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Banks, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Jim Banks registered to vote in Liberty County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Banks
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Sam, his x mark, Banks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Banks in Liberty County
- James Banksborn in Virginia
- John Banksborn in Alabama
Bankses 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 3 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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