Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Nelson, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869
Jordan Nelson registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 26, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 4 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Jordan Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Nelson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJordan Nelson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Nelsons 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 29 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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