Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerry Seale, Jasper County, Texas, 1867

Jerry Seale registered to vote in Jasper County on August 19, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Jasper County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jerry Seale
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Jasper County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 19, 1867
Signature, as written
"Jerry his X mark Seale"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Seale in Jasper County

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 2 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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