Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Jessy, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Jessy registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jordan Jessy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Jessy
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 2 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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