Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Jackson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Jackson registered to vote in Leon County on August 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Leon County
Isaac Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Leon County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac x Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Leon County
- Allen Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- Allen Jacksonborn in Louisiana
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Anthony Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- George Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
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 23 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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