Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Jackson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 22 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Fayette County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Andrew Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Jackson
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year 8 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
20 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

20 years

Andrew Jackson reported 20 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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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