Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Esau Jefferson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Esau Jefferson registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Esau Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Esau Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsEsau Jefferson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Brazoria County
- Thomas Jeffersonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1837
- Thomas Jeffersonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1851
- Thomas Jeffersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
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 40 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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