Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hezekiah Jordan, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Hezekiah Jordan registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Hezekiah Jordan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hezekiah Jordan
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "his X mark Jordan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHezekiah Jordan reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Jordans 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 30 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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