Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jackson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jackson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jackson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 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
- 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 19 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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