Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Linsey, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Linsey registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 6 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Jordan Linsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Linsey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJordan Linsey reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Linsey in Austin County
- Robert Linseyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- William Linseyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
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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