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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, 51 to 91 of 91
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
John JamesHarrison CountyGeorgia1856
John JamesHarrison CountyTexas1847
John JamesWalker CountyNorth Carolina1842
Levy JamesCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Lewis JamesHarrison CountyGeorgia1846
Mack JamesCherokee CountyTennessee1866
madison JamesHarrison CountyTexas1846
Madison JamesWalker CountyLouisiana1863
Milburn JamesBrazoria CountyLouisiana1830
Monroe JamesAnderson CountyMississippi1857
Moses JamesBrazoria CountyLouisiana1847
Moses JamesDavis CountyGeorgia1852
Moses JamesLeon CountyLouisiana1863
Ned JamesBrazos County1863
Patrick JamesFayette CountyNorth Carolina1853
Perry JamesCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Peter JamesCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Peter JamesWharton County1866
Philip JamesBrazos County1847
Robert JamesBowie CountyArkansas1867
Robert JamesNueces CountyVirginia1863
Rubin JamesDavis CountyVirginia1856
Russell JamesGalveston County1865
Sam JamesBrazoria CountyTexas1852
Sandy JamesBastrop CountyArkansas1855
Silas JamesGuadalupe CountyAlabama1866
Simon JamesCalhoun County1866
Simon JamesGrayson CountySouth Carolina1860
Smith JamesAustin CountyTennessee1852
Soloman JamesBowie CountyAlabama1849
Stephen JamesCherokee CountyOklahoma1866
Taylor JamesCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Thomas JamesBastrop CountyAlabama1858
Tory JamesFort Bend County1866
Wilburn JamesBrazoria CountyLouisiana1830
William JamesBrazoria CountyLouisiana1849
William JamesFort Bend County1866
William JamesFort Bend County1866
William JamesKarnes CountyVirginia1858
Willis JamesBrazoria CountyMississippi1852
Willis JamesFort Bend CountyMississippi1854

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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