Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Jackson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Jackson registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 10, 1867. He reported 39 years in Texas, 20 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 39 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1828
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1828 to 1870
Jacob Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Jackson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 39 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJacob Jackson reported 19 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
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 34 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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