Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan William, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jordan William registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 60 years in Texas, 18 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 60 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1807
- Reached Texas
- 42 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1807 to 1870
Jordan William
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan William
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 60 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 42 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
42 yearsJordan William reported 42 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named William in Fayette County
- Strother Williamborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
Williams elsewhere in Texas
Variations of William
- Williams 560
- Williamson 30
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 42 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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