Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Jackson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Jesse Jackson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jesse Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 29, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJesse Jackson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Fort Bend County
- Albert Jacksonreached Texas about 1861
- Alexander Jacksonreached Texas about 1853
- Alfred Jacksonreached Texas about 1854
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1866
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1863
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 42 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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