Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J. Potter, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
J. Potter registered to vote in Jasper County on August 22, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored. Rejected. Not being in the state 12 months" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J. Potter
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "J. his X mark Potter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Rejected. Not being in the state 12 months"
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 6 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Jasper County, Texas
Jasper County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Jasper CountyThe Potter name in TexasBorn in LouisianaSearch Jasper County by name