Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Jackson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 9, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Andrew Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Jackson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. G. Starkey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 60 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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