Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frederick Jefferson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Frederick Jefferson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Frederick Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frederick Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Fayette County
- Charles Jeffersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
- 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 64 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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