Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867
George Washington registered to vote in Jefferson County on August 21, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Jefferson County. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Jefferson County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsGeorge Washington reported 10 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.
Washingtons 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 5 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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