Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Jackson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Jackson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Alexander Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "A. Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Harrison County
- Abram Jacksonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1857
- Alfred Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Anderson Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
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 66 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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