Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jackson, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jackson registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Henry Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jackson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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