Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Roberts, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Roberts registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Jordan Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Roberts
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Roberts"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Harrison County
- Allen Robertsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Anthony Robertsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Douglass Robertsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Edmund Robertsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Frank Robertsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
Robertses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberts
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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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