Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Soloman Jackson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Soloman Jackson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Soloman Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Soloman Jackson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsSoloman Jackson reported 20 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 19 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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