Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Jefferson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Charles Jefferson registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Charles Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Chas. X Jefferson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsCharles Jefferson reported 17 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Walker County
- Howard Jeffersonborn in Alabama
- Thomas Jeffersonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- 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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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