Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Jordon, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Charles Jordon registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Madison County
Charles Jordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Jordon
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Madison County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Gordon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jordon in Madison County
- Cezar Jordonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- Jacob Jordonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- John Jordonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Louis Jordonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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