Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Jackson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Andrew Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Jackson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsAndrew Jackson reported 16 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 53 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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