Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Jackson, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Chambers County on December 2, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in Texas in 1865" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Chambers County
Texas
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Andrew Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Jackson
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
2
Registered
December 2, 1869
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Chambers County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Chambers County
4 years
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipation in Texas in 1865"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Andrew Jackson reported 4 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 8 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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