Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Jefferson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Jefferson registered to vote in Brazos County on July 18, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Jefferson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJoseph Jefferson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Brazos County
- Chancey Jeffersonreached Texas about 1863
- Elijah Jeffersonreached Texas about 1863
- Enoch Jeffersonreached Texas about 1859
- Mark Jeffersonreached Texas about 1861
- Richard Jeffersonreached Texas about 1864
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 23 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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