Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Knighton, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Knighton registered to vote in Jasper County on August 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Knighton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob his X mark Knighton attest W. J. Smith clk"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Knighton in Jasper County
- Isaac Knightonborn in Louisiana
- Stephen Knightonborn in Louisiana
Variations of Knighton
- Knight 15
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 10 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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