Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hemmidal James, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Hemmidal James registered to vote in Anderson County on August 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Hemmidal James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hemmidal James
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsHemmidal James reported 12 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named James in Anderson County
- James Jamesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Monroe Jamesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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