Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Shaw, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Shaw registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Jordan Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Shaw
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJordan Shaw reported 1 year more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
Other freedmen named Shaw in Van Zandt County
- Allen Shawborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Isham Shawborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Major Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
Shaws 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 16 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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