Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Bush, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Bush registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jordan Bush
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Bush
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJordan Bush reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Bush in Harrison County
- George Bushborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Bushes 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 17 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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