Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Jackson, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Henry Jackson registered to vote in Chambers County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 49 years in Texas, 16 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
49 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1818
Reached Texas
33 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1818 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Henry Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Jackson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
49 years
Years in Chambers County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
33 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Virginia"
Signature, as written
"Henry Jackson"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

33 years

Henry Jackson reported 33 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Chambers County

Jacksons elsewhere in Texas

All 521 freedmen named Jackson 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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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