Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Mc Russell, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867

Peter Mc Russell registered to vote in Jefferson County on August 8, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 6 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
6 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Jefferson County

Peter Mc Russell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Mc Russell
County of registration
Jefferson County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Jefferson County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jefferson County highlighted
Jefferson County on the 1870 county map

Russells elsewhere in Texas

All 17 freedmen named Russell in Texas

Variations of Russell

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. Jefferson County's entries fill 8 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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