Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jefferson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
John Jefferson registered to vote in Freestone County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Freestone County
John Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jefferson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Freestone County
- Andrew Jeffersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- Andrew Jeffersonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Archa Jeffersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Master Jeffersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Thomas Jeffersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Jeffersons 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 28 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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