Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sim Jefferson, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Sim Jefferson registered to vote in Burleson County on July 6, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Sim Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sim Jefferson
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 6 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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