Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordon Parsons, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jordon Parsons registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jordon Parsons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordon Parsons
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Parsonses 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 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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