Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Garrison Jackson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Garrison Jackson registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Garrison Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Garrison Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Garrison X Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsGarrison Jackson reported 21 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
- James Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 8 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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