Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Tolbert, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
James Tolbert registered to vote in Jackson County on July 15, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Jackson County
James Tolbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Tolbert
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Tolberts 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 7 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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