Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Cunningham, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Cunningham registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jackson Cunningham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Cunningham
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Cunninghams 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 19 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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