Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Mclaims, Collin County, Texas, 1867
James Mclaims registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 15 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- 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
James Mclaims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Mclaims
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- Jul. 15 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Collin County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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