Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Green, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Green registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Jordan Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Green
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Green in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Greenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- Bristoe Greenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Burrell Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- Charles Greenborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
- Edward Greenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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 Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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