Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Rollins, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
William Rollins registered to vote in Jackson County on July 1, 1867. He reported 52 years in Texas, 52 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 52 years
- In Texas
- 52 years
- In the county
- about 1815
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1815 to 1870
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In Jackson County
William Rollins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Rollins
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 52 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 52 years
- Years in the precinct
- 52 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rollins in Jackson County
- John Rollinsreached Texas about 1842
Rollinses 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. Jackson County's entries fill 12 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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