Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Primas Green, Jasper County, Texas, 1867

Primas Green registered to vote in Jasper County on August 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Jasper County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Primas Green
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Jasper County
Registered
August 17, 1867
Signature, as written
"Thomas his X mark Green"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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 2 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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