Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Gordon, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
John Gordon registered to vote in Galveston County on June 24, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Galveston County
John Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Gordon
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gordon in Galveston County
- Charles Gordonreached Texas about 1866
- Churchfield Gordonreached Texas about 1837
- Harrison Gordonreached Texas about 1849
- Hugh Gordonreached Texas about 1861
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 23 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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