Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Jenison, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
George Jenison registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
George Jenison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Jenison
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jenison in Anderson County
- Abraham Jenisonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Bill Jenisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Dennis Jenisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- 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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