Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jefferson Quire, Madison County, Texas, 1869

Jefferson Quire registered to vote in Madison County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Madison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Madison County

Jefferson Quire

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jefferson Quire
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Madison County
10 months
Years in the precinct
10 months
Years in Texas before Madison County
17 years
Signature, as written
"Jefferson Gourd"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Jefferson Quire reported 17 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

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 15 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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