Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Jackson, Dallas County, Texas, 1869
George Jackson registered to vote in Dallas County on November 21, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Jackson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 21, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsGeorge Jackson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Jackson in Dallas County
- Alex Jacksonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 39 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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