Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Jackson, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Jackson registered to vote in Henderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 16 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Isaac Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Haley Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsIsaac Jackson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Henderson County
- Thomas Jacksonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 1 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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