Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Jackson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Peter Jackson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Peter Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Jackson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsPeter Jackson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Fayette County
- Alfred Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- Andrew Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
- Ben Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Caleb Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 16 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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