Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isiah Jackson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Isiah Jackson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Isiah Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isiah Jackson
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Fayette County, Texas
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