Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Jefferson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Green Jefferson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Green Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsGreen Jefferson reported 14 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
- 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 23 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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