Limestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Jackson, Limestone County, Texas, 1867
Bob Jackson registered to vote in Limestone County on July 15, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 5 of them in Limestone County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Limestone County registered 368 freedmen in 1867, 33% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Bob Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Jackson
- County of registration
- Limestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Limestone County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Limestone County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "O. S. Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsBob Jackson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Limestone County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Limestone County
- Madison Jacksonreached Texas about 1851
- 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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