Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Jackson, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Sam Jackson registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Houston County
Sam Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Jackson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Houston County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Prince"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Houston County
- Albert Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- John Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 8 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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