Bordon · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bordon in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Bordon registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in DeWitt County (1) and Galveston County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1847.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Bordons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bordon registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
1847
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Bordons registered

Texas counties where the Bordons registered
CountyFreedmen%
DeWitt County150%
Galveston County150%

When the Bordons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Bordons
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
0
1860s
1

Every Bordon in the register

The Bordons in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Dick BordonDeWitt County1847
William BordonGalveston County1865

Bordon genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bordon in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. DeWitt County holds 1 of the 2, Galveston County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Bordon?

DeWitt County (1), Galveston County (1). In all, 2 registered across 2 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Bordon appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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