Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Jefferson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Jefferson registered to vote in Leon County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Leon County
Thomas Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Jefferson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 4 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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