Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Jackson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 14 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJohn Jackson reported 7 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 56 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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