Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Jackson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Andrew Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Jackson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsAndrew Jackson reported 23 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Galveston County
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1846
- Arnold Jacksonreached Texas about 1866
- Emanuel Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- Ganes Jacksonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- George Jacksonreached 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 19 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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