Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
A. Jackson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
A. Jackson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 24, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
A. Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- A. Jackson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Colorado County
- 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
- Bazil Jacksonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1857
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 59 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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