Wise County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jefferson, Wise County, Texas, 1867
William Jefferson registered to vote in Wise County on August 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wise County. The registrar wrote "Colored - Removed from County" beside his name. Wise County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
William Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wise County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Wise County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Wise County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored - Removed from County"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWilliam Jefferson reported 5 years more in Texas than in Wise County.
Jeffersons 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 Wise County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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