Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Jackson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Jackson registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 23, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Benjamin Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Jackson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Gonzales County
- Alic Jacksonreached Texas about 1861
- Elias Jacksonreached Texas about 1854
- Eustace Jacksonreached Texas about 1853
- Henry Jacksonreached Texas about 1857
- Jacob Jacksonreached Texas about 1828
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 42 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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