DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wimbish, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
James Wimbish registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
James Wimbish
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wimbish
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
Other freedmen named Wimbish in DeWitt County
- Henry Wimbishreached Texas about 1852
- Henry Wimbishreached Texas about 1854
- Jack Wimbishreached Texas about 1852
- Simon Wimbishreached Texas about 1851
- Stephen Wimbishreached Texas about 1852
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 24 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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