Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Jackson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Jackson registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Walker County
Samuel Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Walker County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "his X mark 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
- 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 30 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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