Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Jenkins, Jackson County, Texas, 1869
Eli Jenkins registered to vote in Jackson County on November 22, 1869. He reported 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Eli Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Jenkins
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Jenkinses 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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