Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Jackson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Jackson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Joshua Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Jackson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jackson in Dallas County
- Alex Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- George Jacksonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Henry Jacksonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 20 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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