Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Gordon, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jack Gordon registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jack Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Gordon
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Leon County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack Gordon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJack Gordon reported 14 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Gordons 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 19 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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