Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jackson, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
James Jackson registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
James Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJames Jackson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Anderson County
- Alexander Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Alford Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Andrew Jacksonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Benjamin Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Brynnan Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
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 48 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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