Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Jackson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Leon County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Andrew Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Jackson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Andrew x Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsAndrew Jackson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Leon County
- Allen Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- Allen Jacksonborn in Louisiana
- Anthony Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- George Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Henry Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1867
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 9 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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