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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Andrew Jackson

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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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Andrew Jackson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Harrison County

Jacksons elsewhere in Texas

All 521 freedmen named Jackson 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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