Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Jackson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
James Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jackson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 28 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 17 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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