Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Luke Jackson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Luke Jackson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Luke Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Luke Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsLuke Jackson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Harrison County
- Abram Jacksonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1857
- Alexander Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Alfred Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Anderson Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
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 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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