Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oran Jackson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Oran Jackson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Oran Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oran Jackson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Galveston County
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1843
- 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
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 27 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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