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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Madison County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Louis Jordon reported 10 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

Other freedmen named Jordon in Madison County

Jordons elsewhere in Texas

All 12 freedmen named Jordon 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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