Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Gibson, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Gibson registered to vote in Jackson County on July 18, 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
Solomon Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Gibson
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Jackson County
- Andrew Gibsonreached Texas about 1859
- Charles Gibsonreached Texas about 1857
- John Gibsonreached Texas about 1865
- Leurs 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 10 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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