Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Steward Jackson, Fayette County, Texas, 1868

Steward Jackson registered to vote in Fayette County on January 30, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 3 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 Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Steward Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Steward Jackson
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
January 30, 1868
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Fayette County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
12 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

12 years

Steward Jackson reported 12 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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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