Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Jackson, Jackson County, Texas, 1869
Martin Jackson registered to vote in Jackson County on November 18, 1869. He reported 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Martin Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Jackson
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Jackson County
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1857
- Harry Jacksonreached Texas about 1837
- John Jacksonreached Texas about 1860
- S. Jacksonreached Texas about 1857
- Steven Jacksonreached Texas about 1856
Jacksons 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 12 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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