Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Jefferson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Manuel Jefferson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 8 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Manuel Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearManuel Jefferson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Anderson County
- Frank Jeffersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Jeffersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
- 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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