Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Gordon, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Gordon registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Anthony Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Gordon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gordon in Brazoria County
- Andrew Gordonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Anthony Gordonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Miles Gordonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Robert Gordonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- William Gordonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
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 7 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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