Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Killis, Jackson County, Texas, 1869

William Killis registered to vote in Jackson County on November 17, 1869. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 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
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Jackson County

William Killis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Killis
County of registration
Jackson County
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Jackson County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 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. It sits on page 12 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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