Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jackson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
William Jackson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
William Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsWilliam Jackson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Matagorda County
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- C.L. Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- George Jacksonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Henry Jacksonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- John Jacksonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1843
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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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