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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsSteward Jackson reported 12 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
- 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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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