Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Jefferson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Jefferson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 9, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Thomas Jefferson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Jefferson
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 9, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Fayette County
7 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Thomas Jefferson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Jefferson in Fayette County

Jeffersons elsewhere in Texas

All 86 freedmen named Jefferson 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 3 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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