Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Banks, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Banks registered to vote in Fayette County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Jackson Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Banks
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Banks in Fayette County
- Moses Banksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Peter Banksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Pleasant Banksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- William Banksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- William Banksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Bankses 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 18 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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