Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jackson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jackson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jackson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "H Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenry Jackson reported 2 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 80 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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