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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsAlexander Jackson reported 13 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Austin County
- Alexander Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Allen Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Birnnell Jacksonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1833
- Caesar Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
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 16 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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