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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsAndrew Jackson reported 20 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
- Ben Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- 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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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