Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Eustace Jackson, Nueces County, Texas, 1869

Eustace Jackson registered to vote in Nueces County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Eustace Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Eustace Jackson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Nueces County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Nueces County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Eustace Jackson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.

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 Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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