Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Jefferson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Jefferson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Nelson Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Sam Jeffersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
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 39 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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