Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Patterson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Patterson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Jordan Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Patterson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. Patterson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Patterson in Harrison County
- Alex Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- Ceaser Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Nelson Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Reuben Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Robert Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
Pattersons 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 49 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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