Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Gibson, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Gibson registered to vote in Jackson County on July 5, 1867. He reported 8 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.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Andrew Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Gibson
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Jackson County
- Charles Gibsonreached Texas about 1857
- John Gibsonreached Texas about 1865
- Leurs Gibsonreached Texas about 1859
- Solomon Gibsonreached Texas about 1859
Gibsons 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 4 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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