Jackson County, Texas · 1867 voter registration

Jackson County, Texas: freedmen, slavery and the 1867 voter registration

Slavery in Jackson County

In 1860 the census counted 1,194 enslaved people in Jackson County, 46% of everyone living there. Seven years later 254 freedmen registered to vote there, 50% of the county's voters. 240 reported reaching Texas before 1865.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jackson County highlighted
Jackson County on the 1870 county map
1,194
Enslaved in 1860
46%
Of the county in 1860
509
Registered voters
254
Freedmen
50%
Freedmen
10 years
Median time in Texas
12
Register pages

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When they arrived in Texas

Decade each registrant reported arriving in Texas, as recorded in Jackson County.

Reported arrival decades for Jackson County registrants
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
1
1820s
1
1830s
10
1840s
48
1850s
154
1860s
36

Surnames of freedmen in Jackson County

Jackson County genealogy: search the register by name

The first 50 names in the Jackson County register, alphabetically. Each opens a search for that name.

Jackson County registrants, by surname
NameBirthplaceArrivedGap
Adams, John QuincyUnited States1837
Alexander, GeorgeUnited States1848
Allen, HenryUnited States1867
Allen, IsaacUnited States1851
Allen, JohnUnited States1857
Allen, WiliamUnited States1857
Anderson, AlbertUnited States1857
Anderson, WilliamUnited States1849
Armstrong, JohnUnited States1853
Barnes, ChadduckUnited States1832
Barnes, NelsonUnited States1830
Barnes, PaulUnited States1848
Bell, WilliamUnited States1857
Bennett, JohnUnited States1857
Bishop, RichardUnited States1846
Blackwell, MichaeUnited States1857
Booth, BraddusUnited States1857
Boston, JerryUnited States1846
Bradley, MosesUnited States1862
Brady, AndrewUnited States1857
Brady, EdwardUnited States1857
Brooks, DavisUnited States1857
Brooks, HiramUnited States1857
Brooks, RileyUnited States1852
Brooks, SamuelUnited States1853
Brown, AustinUnited States1845
Brown, FrankUnited States1855
Brown, FrankUnited States1847
Brown, GilbertUnited States1857
Brown, RobertUnited States1853
Brown, SamuelUnited States1851
Bruen, NoahUnited States1857
Burnett, CharlesUnited States1860
Butter, GeorgeUnited States1852
Butters, ClarkUnited States1837
Butts, CharlesUnited States1866
Cage, NapoleonUnited States1847
Calles, JohnUnited States1842
Carr, JamesUnited States1860
Carrier, JohnUnited States1847
Carter, NelsonUnited States1853
Cayliss, GriffinUnited States1857
Ceaser, JohnUnited States1847
Chadman, MathewUnited States1860
Chase, JohnUnited States18572
Chase, ThomasUnited States1857
Chinn, DanielUnited States1846
Chinn, JamesUnited States1846
Chinn, NelsonUnited States1857
Chinn, RichardUnited States1846

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Sources and county history

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The 1860 population figures come from Population of the United States in 1860, printed by the Census Office in 1864. Jackson County's entries fill 12 pages of the handwritten register.

Questions about the Jackson County records

How do I find African American ancestors in Jackson County, Texas?

Search the Jackson County records by surname, then open the entry to read the original handwritten register page. Each entry gives the man's name, his birthplace and the year he reached Texas. Spellings vary, so try the sound of a name as well as its spelling, and names appear in the order men came to register, so a family can sit pages apart.

How many freedmen registered to vote in Jackson County in 1867?

254 freedmen registered in Jackson County between 1867 and 1870, 50% of the county's 509 registered voters.

Was slavery widespread in Jackson County, Texas?

In 1860 the census counted 1,194 enslaved people in Jackson County, 46% of everyone living there. In 1867, 50% of Jackson County's registered voters were freedmen, 254 of 509. 240 of them reported reaching Texas before 1865.

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