Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Jordan, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Albert Jordan registered to vote in Bexar County on November 23, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Albert Jordan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Jordan
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAlbert Jordan reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bexar 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 50 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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