Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rufus Jackson, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Rufus Jackson registered to vote in Madison County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Madison County
Rufus Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rufus (Robert) Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Madison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Madison County
- Allen Jacksonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1855
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Cicero Jacksonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1848
- Richard Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
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 2 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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