Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Jackson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Adam Jackson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Adam Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAdam Jackson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Bexar County
- 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
- Henry Jacksonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 23 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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