Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Garrett, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Garrett registered to vote in Walker County on August 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 16 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jackson Garrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Garrett
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jackson his X mark Garrett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJackson Garrett reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Garrett in Walker County
- Calvin M. Garrettborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Jordan Garrettborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Peter Garrettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas Garrettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
- Wallace Garrettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Garretts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Garrett
- Garret 8
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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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