Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Jackson registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 5 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJohn Jackson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Austin County
- Alexander Jacksonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1835
- 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
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 28 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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