Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

D. Jackson, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

D. Jackson registered to vote in Burleson County on July 29, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

D. Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
D. Jackson
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Burleson County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

D. Jackson reported 13 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Burleson 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 22 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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