Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emanuel Jackson, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Emanuel Jackson registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Emanuel Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emanuel Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- 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
- 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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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