Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bassil Brown, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867

Bassil Brown registered to vote in Jefferson County on July 30, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Jefferson County. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Jefferson County, Texas
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Jefferson County

Bassil Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Bassil Brown
County of registration
Jefferson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Jefferson County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jefferson County highlighted
Jefferson County on the 1870 county map

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 4 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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