Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Gordon, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
James Gordon registered to vote in Freestone County on November 17, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Freestone County
James Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Gordon
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gordon in Freestone County
- Isaac Gordonborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1852
- William Gordonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 33 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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