Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
John Jackson registered to vote in Galveston County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Jackson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Galveston County.
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 50 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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