Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wells, Collin County, Texas, 1867
James Wells registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 22 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Collin County
James Wells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wells
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- Jul. 22 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Collin County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wells in Collin County
- Geo. Wellsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854
Wellses 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 16 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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