Limestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Madison Jackson, Limestone County, Texas, 1867

Madison Jackson registered to vote in Limestone County on July 15, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Limestone County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Limestone County registered 368 freedmen in 1867, 33% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Limestone County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Limestone County

Madison Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Madison Jackson
County of registration
Limestone County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Limestone County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Limestone County
15 years
Signature, as written
"Richard Jackson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Limestone County highlighted
Limestone County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Madison Jackson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Limestone County.

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 1 of the Limestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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