Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Hendon, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Hendon registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jordan Hendon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Hendon
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jordan x Hendon"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Hendons 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 15 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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