Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Michel Rhodes, Jackson County, Texas, 1869
Michel Rhodes registered to vote in Jackson County on November 18, 1869. He reported 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Michel Rhodes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Michel Rhodes
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Jackson County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsMichel Rhodes reported 16 years more in Texas than in Jackson County.
Rhodeses 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 12 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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