Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sammuel Jackson, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Sammuel Jackson registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 6 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Sammuel Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sammuel Jackson
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Austin County
6 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
12 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

12 years

Sammuel Jackson reported 12 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 6 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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