Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Jackson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Jackson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 30, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 30 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Daniel Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Jackson
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Fayette County
16 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Daniel Jackson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Fayette 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 29 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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