Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jackson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
James Jackson registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
James Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jackson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJames Jackson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Brazos County
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1863
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1860
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1862
- Ben. Jacksonreached Texas about 1865
- Clayborn Jacksonreached 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 7 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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