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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsMadison Jackson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Limestone County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Limestone County
- Bob Jacksonreached Texas about 1854
- Soloman Jacksonreached Texas about 1844
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 1 of the Limestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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