DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Washington, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
James Washington registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
James Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Washington
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
Other freedmen named Washington in DeWitt County
- Foster Washingtonreached Texas about 1852
- Franklin Washingtonreached Texas about 1851
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1860
- Turner Washingtonreached Texas about 1837
Washingtons 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 25 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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