Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Jackson, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Jackson registered to vote in Hill County on August 6, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
Joseph Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Jackson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Hill County
- General Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
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 6 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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