Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cato Jackson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Cato Jackson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 57 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
57 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1812
Reached Texas
54 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1812 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Cato Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cato Jackson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 29, 1869
Years in Texas
57 years
Years in Fort Bend County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
54 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

54 years

Cato Jackson reported 54 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Fort Bend 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 42 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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