Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Leurs Gibson, Jackson County, Texas, 1869
Leurs Gibson registered to vote in Jackson County on November 19, 1869. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Leurs Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Leurs Gibson
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 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
- 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. Jackson County's entries fill 12 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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