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James in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 91 freedmen

91 freedmen named James registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Brazoria County (12), Cherokee County (11) and Harrison County (11). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Mississippi and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1830.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Jameses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named James registered, on the 1870 county map
91
Freedmen
28
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1830
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Jameses registered

Texas counties where the Jameses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Brazoria County1213%
Cherokee County1112%
Harrison County1112%
Fort Bend County78%
Fayette County55%
Galveston County55%
Bastrop County44%
Anderson County33%
Bexar County33%
Bowie County33%
Calhoun County33%
Colorado County33%
Walker County33%
Austin County22%
Brazos County22%
Davis County22%
Caldwell County11%
Collin County11%
Comal County11%
Freestone County11%
Grayson County11%
Guadalupe County11%
Hopkins County11%
Karnes County11%
Leon County11%
McLennan County11%
Nueces County11%
Wharton County11%

Where the Jameses were born

Birthplaces the Jameses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia1217%
Mississippi811%
North Carolina811%
Tennessee811%
Texas811%
Alabama710%
Louisiana68%
South Carolina68%
Georgia46%
Arkansas23%
Maryland23%

When the Jameses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Jameses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
5
1840s
16
1850s
31
1860s
38

Every James in the register

The Jameses in the register, 1 to 50 of 91
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert JamesCalhoun County1866
Albert JamesFort Bend County1852
Alfred JamesColorado CountyMississippi1863
Alfred JamesGalveston County1851
Alvis JamesBrazoria CountyMississippi1842
Anderson JamesHarrison CountyTexas1846
Arthur JamesComal CountyNorth Carolina1834
Asey JamesFreestone CountyVirginia1867
Ben JamesBexar CountyNorth Carolina1863
Charles JamesBrazoria CountyMississippi1847
Charles JamesCherokee CountyMaryland1866
Charles JamesFayette CountySouth Carolina1851
Daniel JamesFayette CountyTennessee1840
David JamesColorado CountyTennessee1854
David JamesFayette County
Dickinson JamesCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Dock JamesHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1848
Ed. JamesBexar CountyVirginia1863
Edmund JamesHarrison CountySouth Carolina1858
Everett JamesBrazoria CountyTexas1851
Frank JamesMcLennan County
Frederick JamesColorado CountyMaryland1859
George JamesCalhoun County1866
George JamesHarrison CountySouth Carolina1858
George JamesHarrison CountySouth Carolina1855
Green JamesCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Harrison JamesHarrison CountyTennessee1846
Hawkins JamesAustin CountyTexas1848
Hemmidal JamesAnderson CountyTennessee1853
Henry JamesBastrop CountyNorth Carolina1860
Henry JamesBowie CountyTexas1849
Henry JamesBrazoria CountyNorth Carolina1855
Henry JamesBrazoria CountyTexas1837
Henry JamesCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Henry JamesFayette CountyVirginia1856
Henry JamesFort Bend County1866
Henry JamesFort Bend County1866
Henry JamesGalveston County1863
Henry JamesWalker CountyVirginia1853
Henry W. JamesHopkins CountySouth Carolina1859
Isaac JamesBastrop CountyGeorgia1834
Isom JamesHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1851
Jack JamesCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Jacob JamesCollin CountyVirginia1855
James JamesAnderson CountyVirginia1857
James JamesBexar CountyVirginia1852
John JamesBrazoria CountyMississippi1852
John JamesCherokee CountyMississippi1866
John JamesGalveston County1866
John JamesGalveston County1865

James genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named James in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Brazoria County holds 12 of the 91, Cherokee County 11. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Jameses in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (12), Mississippi (8) and North Carolina (8) as their birthplaces most often, and 8 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named James?

Brazoria County (12), Cherokee County (11), Harrison County (11). In all, 91 registered across 28 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so James appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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