Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Jackson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Alex Jackson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Alex Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Jackson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAlex Jackson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Dallas County
- George Jacksonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Henry Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- Joshua Jacksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
- Mose Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1856
- Wyatt Jacksonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 15 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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