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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Jackson County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Jackson County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jackson County highlighted
Jackson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Michel Rhodes reported 16 years more in Texas than in Jackson County.

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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