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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Davis County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Davis County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Andrew Jackson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Davis County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Davis County

Jacksons elsewhere in Texas

All 521 freedmen named Jackson 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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