Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Jefferson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Jefferson registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 6 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Thomas Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas X Jefferson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsThomas Jefferson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Walker County
- Charles Jeffersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- Howard Jeffersonborn in Alabama
- Thomas Jeffersonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856
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 10 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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