Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jackson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
John Jackson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 42 years in Texas, 42 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 42 years
- In Texas
- 42 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1825 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
John Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jackson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 42 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 42 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
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 10 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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