Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Rucker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Rucker registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Jordan Rucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Rucker
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJordan Rucker reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Rucker in Harrison County
- Jordan Ruckerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Ruckers 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 6 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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