Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Jackson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Andrew Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Jackson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsAndrew Jackson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Galveston County
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1843
- 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 44 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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