Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Alexander, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Alexander registered to vote in Harrison County on July 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jordan Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Alexander
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJordan Alexander reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Harrison County
- Andrew Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Anthony Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Bosin Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- George Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Alexanderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
Alexanders 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 43 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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