Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Jordon, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Sam Jordon registered to vote in Davis County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Davis County
Sam Jordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Jordon
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Jordons 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 23 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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