Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Jordan, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Jordan registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Daniel Jordan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Jordan
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsDaniel Jordan reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Jordan in Harrison County
- Arcelus Jordanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Floyd Jordanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
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 34 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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