Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Jackson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Andrew Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Jackson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 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
- Benjamin Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- 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. It sits on page 26 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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