Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Jackson, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
George Jackson registered to vote in Bowie County on August 3, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Bowie County
George Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Jackson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Bowie County
- Biram Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- J. Robert Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- James Jacksonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Jo Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- John Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 13 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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