Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Erastus Hanks, Jefferson County, Texas, 1869
Erastus Hanks registered to vote in Jefferson County on November 20, 1869. He reported 20 years in Texas, 3 of them in Jefferson County. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County
Erastus Hanks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Erastus Hanks
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Jefferson County
- 17 years
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsErastus Hanks reported 17 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.
Hankses 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 6 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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