Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shepherd Jefferson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Shepherd Jefferson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 13 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Shepherd Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shepherd Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsShepherd Jefferson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Fayette County
- Charles Jeffersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
- Frederick Jeffersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Jeffersonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1846
- Moses Jeffersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Nelson Jeffersonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 19 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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