Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Talville Jackson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Talville Jackson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Talville Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Talville Jackson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsTalville Jackson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Colorado County
- A. Jacksonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1854
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Andrew Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
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 29 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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