Wharton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Jefferson, Wharton County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Jefferson registered to vote in Wharton County on July 19, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. Wharton County registered 830 freedmen in 1867, 84% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wharton County
Nelson Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Jefferson
- County of registration
- Wharton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wharton County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Wharton County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Wharton County
- Harrison Jefferson
- Henry Jeffersonreached Texas about 1866
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 Wharton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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