Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Jefferson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Charles Jefferson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 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
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Charles Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Fayette County
- 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
- 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 42 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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