Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emanuel Jordan, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Emanuel Jordan registered to vote in Austin County on July 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Emanuel Jordan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emanuel Jordan
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsEmanuel Jordan reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Jordans 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 Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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