Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Jefferson, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Frank Jefferson registered to vote in Anderson County on November 19, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Frank Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Anderson County
- Henry Jeffersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
- Manuel Jeffersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- William Jeffersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
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 43 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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