Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Jackson, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Willis Jackson registered to vote in Bexar County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Willis Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Bexar County
- Adam Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Alexander Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Andrew Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Frank Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- General Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 43 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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