Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Jackson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Henry Jackson registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Henry Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Jackson
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
9
Registered
August 9, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Gonzales County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jackson in Gonzales County

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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 33 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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