Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jordan, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
James Jordan registered to vote in Dallas County on August 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 6 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
James Jordan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jordan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJames Jordan reported 3 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
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
- Millen Jordanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
- Ranson Jordanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Urm. Jordanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
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 16 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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