Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jefferson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jefferson registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Henry Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Anderson County
- Frank Jeffersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- 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 4 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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