Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Jefferson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Jefferson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Thomas Jefferson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Jefferson
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Colorado County
18 years
Years in the precinct
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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