Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Tobe Lawson, Jackson County, Texas, 1867

Tobe Lawson registered to vote in Jackson County on July 1, 1867. He reported 35 years in Texas, 35 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
35 years
In Texas
35 years
In the county
about 1832
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1832 to 1870

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In Jackson County

Tobe Lawson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Tobe Lawson
County of registration
Jackson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 1, 1867
Years in Texas
35 years
Years in Jackson County
35 years
Years in the precinct
35 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 1 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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