Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Jackson, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Davis County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Andrew Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Jackson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Davis County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAndrew Jackson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Davis County
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Ben Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Charles Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Frank Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- George Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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