Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
John Jackson registered to vote in Nueces County on June 25, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 33 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 32 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 32 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
32 yearsJohn Jackson reported 32 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Nueces County
- Allen Jacksonborn in South Carolina
- Eustace Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
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 3 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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