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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Madison County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
about 1848
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Cicero Jackson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Madison County

Jacksons elsewhere in Texas

All 521 freedmen named Jackson 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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