Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Jackson, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Jackson registered to vote in Williamson County on August 12, 1867. He reported Arkansas 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.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Anthony Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Jackson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Jesse Fisher"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Williamson County
- John Jacksonborn in Georgia, 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 16 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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