Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wait Jackson, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Wait Jackson registered to vote in Caldwell County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Wait Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wait Jackson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Caldwell County
- Alexander Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Burleson Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- General Jacksonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Gilford Jackson
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 Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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