Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James H. Alexander, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James H. Alexander registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 33 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 33 years
- In the county
- about 1834
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
James H. Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James H. Alexander
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 33 years
- Years in the precinct
- 33 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Colorado County
- Aaron Alexanderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Burrel Alexanderborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Dee Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- James Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
Alexanders 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 37 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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