Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Jefferson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Henry Jefferson registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Henry Jefferson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Jefferson
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Marshall. Harrison County.
Registered
June 27, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Harrison County
2 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Henry Jefferson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Jefferson in Harrison County

Jeffersons elsewhere in Texas

All 86 freedmen named Jefferson 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 Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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