Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Hackin, Jackson County, Texas, 1868

Thomas Hackin registered to vote in Jackson County on January 28, 1868. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 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
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Jackson County

Thomas Hackin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Hackin
County of registration
Jackson County
Registered
January 28, 1868
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Jackson County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jackson County highlighted
Jackson County on the 1870 county map

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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