Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Bordeaux, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jim Bordeaux registered to vote in Anderson County on August 1, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jim Bordeaux
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Bordeaux
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJim Bordeaux reported 4 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Bordeaux in Anderson County
- Hick Bordeauxborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Jae Bordeauxborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
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 9 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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