Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Jafferson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Jafferson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Calvin Jafferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Jafferson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Jafferson
- Jefferson 86
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 8 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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