Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Jackson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Washington Jackson registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Austin County
Washington Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 4 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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