Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Monroe James, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Monroe James registered to vote in Anderson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Anderson County

Monroe James

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Monroe James
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 1, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Anderson County
10 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named James in Anderson County

Jameses elsewhere in Texas

All 91 freedmen named James 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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