Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
John Jackson registered to vote in Williamson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "J. M. his x mark Smart"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Williamson County
- Anthony Jacksonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1866
- Thomas A. Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
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 13 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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