Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ed Jackson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Ed Jackson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 24, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Ed Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ed Jackson
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Colorado County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Ed Jackson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in Colorado 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 59 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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