Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Polk Jackson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Polk Jackson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Polk Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Polk Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsPolk Jackson reported 9 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 14 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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