Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Blake, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Jackson Blake registered to vote in Burleson County on November 25, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jackson Blake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Blake
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJackson Blake reported 20 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Blake in Burleson County
- Alfred Blakereached Texas about 1846
Blakes 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 33 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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