Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
John Jackson registered to vote in Freestone County on August 2, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Freestone County
- Albert Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1867
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Bird Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Jacksons elsewhere 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 15 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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