Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Higgins, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867
William Higgins registered to vote in Jefferson County on July 24, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas, 7 of them in Jefferson County. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
1856186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County
William Higgins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Higgins
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Jefferson County
- 4 years
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWilliam Higgins reported 4 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.
Higginses 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 2 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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