Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Bernard, Collin County, Texas, 1867
James Bernard registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 24 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 3 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
James Bernard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Bernard
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Aug. 24 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Collin County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJames Bernard reported 4 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
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 35 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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