Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Andrew Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Jackson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 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 Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Anthony Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- Baker Jacksonborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1860
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 11 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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