Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
L. Hester, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
L. Hester registered to vote in Jasper County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- L. Hester
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "J. his X mark Keeter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hesters 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 6 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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