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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
24 years
In Texas
about 1843
Reached Texas
23 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1843 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

23 years

Andrew Jackson reported 23 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Galveston County

Jacksons elsewhere in Texas

All 521 freedmen named Jackson 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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