Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Jackson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Jackson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Andrew Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Jackson
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jackson in Colorado County

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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 6 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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