DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Jackson, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
Tom Jackson registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
Tom Jackson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Jackson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
Other freedmen named Jackson in DeWitt County
- Aaron Jacksonreached Texas about 1832
- Andrew Jacksonreached Texas about 1849
- Andrew Jr Jacksonreached Texas about 1851
- Isom Jacksonreached Texas about 1852
- James Jacksonreached Texas about 1842
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 24 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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