Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Adam Jefferson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Adam Jefferson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Adam Jefferson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Adam Jefferson
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Colorado County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Colorado County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Adam Jefferson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Jefferson in Colorado County

Jeffersons elsewhere in Texas

All 86 freedmen named Jefferson 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 13 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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