Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Lasenbee, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867

George Lasenbee registered to vote in Jefferson County on August 8, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas. 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
13 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County

George Lasenbee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Lasenbee
County of registration
Jefferson County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Jefferson County
10 months
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Jefferson County
12 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jefferson County highlighted
Jefferson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

George Lasenbee reported 12 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.

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

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