Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Jackson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Jackson registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- 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 Walker County
Benjamin Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Jackson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin X Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Garrison Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
- 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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