Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John Jackson registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Leonard B. Maddux"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Hopkins County
- Levi Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- William Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
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 5 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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