Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
John Jackson registered to vote in Wilson County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJohn Jackson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Wilson County
- George Anthony Jacksonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Lee Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
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 1 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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