Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Jackson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Jackson registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Thomas Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Jackson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. H. White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsThomas Jackson reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Walker County
- Alexander Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Anderson Jacksonborn in Texas
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854
- Benjamin Jacksonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Garrison Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
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 6 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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