Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Jackson, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Jackson registered to vote in Hunt County on August 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Anderson Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Andrew his X mark Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsAnderson Jackson reported 5 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Hunt County
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1863
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Georgia, 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 16 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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