Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Valentine Jordan, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Valentine Jordan registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Valentine Jordan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Valentine Jordan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jordan in Dallas County
- Dan'l Jordanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Fayette Jordanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1860
- Jas. Jordanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Millen Jordanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
- Ranson Jordanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
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 6 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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