Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Jackson, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Allen Jackson registered to vote in Madison County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Madison County
Allen Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Jackson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Madison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Allen Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Madison County
- 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
- 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 13 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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