Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Richerson, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Jordan Richerson registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jordan Richerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Richerson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Jordan his X mark Richardson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Richersons 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 34 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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