Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Rufus, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
Jacob Rufus registered to vote in Freestone County on November 22, 1869. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Jacob Rufus
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Rufus
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 38 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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