Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Jackson, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Ben Jackson registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 8 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Collin County
Ben Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Jackson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Jul. 8 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Collin County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Collin County
- Aeford Jacksonborn in Oklahoma, reached Texas about 1860
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1855
- Jerry Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Liar Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Richard Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
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 3 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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