Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Higgins, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Higgins registered to vote in Liberty County on August 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Higgins
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Jackson, his x mark, Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Higginses 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 8 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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