Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob James, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob James registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 8 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Collin County
Jacob James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob James
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Jul. 8 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Collin County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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. It sits on page 3 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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