Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Lines, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Lines registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
James Lines
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Lines
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJames Lines reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 34 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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