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.
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
1832186018621864186618681870
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"
Other freedmen named Lawson in Jackson County
- David Lawsonreached Texas about 1831
- Nelson Lawsonreached Texas about 1859
Lawsons 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 1 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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