DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Jackson, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

James Jackson registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 30, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 1 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
25 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County

James Jackson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Jackson
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in DeWitt County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before DeWitt County
24 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

James Jackson reported 24 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.

Other freedmen named Jackson in DeWitt County

Jacksons elsewhere in Texas

All 521 freedmen named Jackson 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 14 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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