Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas A. Jackson, Williamson County, Texas, 1868
Thomas A. Jackson registered to vote in Williamson County on January 30, 1868. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Thomas A. Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas A. Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "W. B. Henry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Williamson County
- Anthony Jacksonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1866
- John Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
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 20 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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