Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Jorden, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Jorden registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Alexander Jorden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Jorden
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jorden in Tarrant County
- Frank Jordenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
Jordens 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 10 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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