Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Baker Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Baker Jackson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Baker Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Baker Jackson
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Brazoria County
- Aaron Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1845
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Anthony Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
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 22 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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