Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Jackson, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Peter Jackson registered to vote in Davis County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 7 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Peter Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsPeter Jackson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Davis County
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Andrew Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Ben Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Charles Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Frank Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Jacksons 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 6 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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