Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jackson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
James 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.
- 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
James Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James 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"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Gonzales County
- Alic Jacksonreached Texas about 1861
- Benjamin Jackson
- Elias Jacksonreached Texas about 1854
- Eustace Jacksonreached Texas about 1853
- Henry Jacksonreached Texas about 1857
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 33 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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