Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Jewett, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Jewett registered to vote in Victoria County on June 24, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Jordan Jewett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Jewett
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Before County Court"
- Signature, as written
- "Jordan his X mark Garrett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 1 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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