Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordon Neeley, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Jordon Neeley registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Madison County
Jordon Neeley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordon Neeley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Madison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jordan Neely"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Neeley in Madison County
- George Neeleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1840
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 8 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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