Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Jackson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Jackson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Jackson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Brynnan Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Clairborne Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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.
African American genealogy in Anderson County, Texas
Anderson County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Anderson CountyThe Jackson name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Anderson County by name