Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Tamlan Jackson, Collin County, Texas, 1868

Tamlan Jackson registered to vote in Collin County on Jan. 30 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Collin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Collin County

Tamlan Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Tamlan Jackson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Collin County
Precinct
1
Registered
Jan. 30 1868
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Collin County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Collin County highlighted
Collin County on the 1870 county map

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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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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