Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Floyd Jordan, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Floyd Jordan registered to vote in Harrison County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Floyd Jordan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Floyd Jordan
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Jordan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsFloyd Jordan reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Jordan in Harrison County
- Arcelus Jordanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Daniel Jordanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Jordans 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 59 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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