Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Jackson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Jackson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ben Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsBen Jackson reported 4 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
- Caleb Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Jacksonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1837
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 23 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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