Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Jefferson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Moses Jefferson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 17, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 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
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Moses Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- 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
- 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 60 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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