Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Jamson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ned Jamson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ned Jamson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Jamson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jamson in Fayette County
- George Jamsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Peter Jamsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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 21 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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