Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Seonard Jackson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Seonard Jackson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Seonard Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Seonard Jackson
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsSeonard Jackson reported 7 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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