Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Breeding, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Breeding registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Jackson Breeding
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Breeding
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsJackson Breeding reported 23 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Breeding in Fayette County
- William Breedingborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
Breedings 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 8 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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