Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Banks, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Banks registered to vote in Colorado County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Jackson Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Banks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Banks in Colorado County
- Carroll Banksborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Banksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Chas Banksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- Chas Banksborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Banksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1848
Bankses 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 24 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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