Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Jackson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Jackson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Wiley Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Jackson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsWiley Jackson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Bastrop County
- Adam Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1849
- Burrel Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Caleb Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Cape Jacksonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
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 3 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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