Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Rollins, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
John Rollins registered to vote in Jackson County on July 1, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Jackson County
John Rollins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Rollins
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rollins in Jackson County
- William Rollinsreached Texas about 1815
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. It sits on page 1 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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