Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Register, Jackson County, Texas, 1868
Thomas Register registered to vote in Jackson County on January 27, 1868. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Thomas Register
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Register
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 11 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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