Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cicero Jackson, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Cicero Jackson registered to vote in Madison County on November 26, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Cicero Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cicero Jackson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Madison County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsCicero Jackson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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
- 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 16 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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