Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Jefferson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Jefferson registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Walker County
Thomas Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas X Jefferson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Walker County
- Charles Jeffersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- Howard Jeffersonborn in Alabama
- Thomas Jeffersonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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