Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Neption Jefferson, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Neption Jefferson registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 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 Davis County
Neption Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Neption Jefferson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Davis County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Davis County
- Thomas Jeffersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
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 60 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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