Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Jefferson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Jefferson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Samuel Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Jefferson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Jeffersons"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsSamuel Jefferson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Harrison County
- Charles Jeffersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Charles M. Jeffersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Green Jeffersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Jeffersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Jeffersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
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 39 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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