Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Jefferson registered to vote in Jefferson County on July 29, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas, 24 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
24 years
In Texas
24 years
In the county
about 1843
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1843 to 1870

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In Jefferson County

Thomas Jefferson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Jefferson
County of registration
Jefferson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
24 years
Years in Jefferson County
24 years
Years in the precinct
24 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 3 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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