Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Jackson, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Parker County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Parker County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Andrew Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Jackson
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Parker County
5 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Parker County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Andrew Jackson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Parker 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 6 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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