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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Walker County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

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

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Hezekiah Jordan reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

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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