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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Anderson County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Hemmidal James reported 12 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

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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