Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lee Jackson, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Lee Jackson registered to vote in Wilson County on July 11, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Lee Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lee Jackson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Wilson County
- George Anthony Jacksonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- John Jacksonborn in Georgia, 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 1 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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