Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Jackson, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Jackson registered to vote in Newton County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Newton County
Isaac Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Jackson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Newton County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac, his x mark, Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Newton County
- July Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
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 Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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