Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Jordon, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Louis Jordon registered to vote in Madison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Louis Jordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Jordon
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Madison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 10 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Lewis Foster"
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Clay"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsLouis Jordon reported 10 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Jordon in Madison County
- Cezar Jordonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- Charles Jordonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Jacob Jordonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- John Jordonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Samuel Jordonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Jordons 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 Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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