Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Gordon, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
William Gordon registered to vote in Freestone County on August 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Freestone County
William Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Gordon
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gordon in Freestone County
- Isaac Gordonborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1852
- James Gordonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- William Gordonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Gordons 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 26 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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