Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Jackson, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Richard Jackson registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Madison County. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Madison County
Richard Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard (Robert) Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Madison County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam Pinion"
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
- Rufus Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
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 7 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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