Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Jackson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Jackson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Bastrop County
Texas
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
22 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Isaac Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaac Jackson
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 8, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

22 years

Isaac Jackson reported 22 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Bastrop 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. It sits on page 6 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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