Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jefferson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
William Jefferson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jefferson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- 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
- Henry Jeffersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
- Manuel Jeffersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
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 37 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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