Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alexander Jackson, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Alexander Jackson registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 19 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Austin County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
32 years
In Texas
19 years
In the county
about 1835
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1835 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Alexander Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alexander Jackson
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
September 2, 1867
Years in Texas
32 years
Years in Austin County
19 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Alexander Jackson reported 13 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Austin County

Jacksons elsewhere in Texas

All 521 freedmen named Jackson 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 16 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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