Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Jackson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jacob Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Jackson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 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 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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