Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David James, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David James registered to vote in Colorado County on July 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
David James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David James
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsDavid James reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named James in Colorado County
- Alfred Jamesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Frederick Jamesborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1859
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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