Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Jenison, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Jenison registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Abraham Jenison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Jenison
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jenison in Anderson County
- Bill Jenisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Dennis Jenisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- George Jenisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Jenisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Jenisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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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