Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles M. Jefferson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles M. Jefferson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Charles M. Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles M. Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Jefferson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Harrison County
- Charles Jeffersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Green Jeffersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Jeffersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Jeffersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- Jack Jeffersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 38 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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