Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Chase, Jackson County, Texas, 1867

John Chase registered to vote in Jackson County on July 15, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 8 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Jackson County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Jackson County

John Chase

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Chase
County of registration
Jackson County
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Jackson County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Jackson County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jackson County highlighted
Jackson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

John Chase reported 2 years more in Texas than in Jackson County.

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 7 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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