Upshur County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaiah Jackson, Upshur County, Texas, 1867
Isaiah Jackson registered to vote in Upshur County on June 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 15 of them in Upshur County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Upshur County registered 764 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Isaiah Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaiah Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Upshur County
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Upshur County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Upshur County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsIsaiah Jackson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Upshur County.
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 1 of the Upshur County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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