Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Napier, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Napier registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 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
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
James Napier
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Napier
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 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. It sits on page 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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