Jordan · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Jordan in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 38 freedmen

38 freedmen named Jordan registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Dallas County (7), Burleson County (3) and Freestone County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Jordans registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Jordan registered, on the 1870 county map
38
Freedmen
20
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Jordans registered

Texas counties where the Jordans registered
CountyFreedmen%
Dallas County718%
Burleson County38%
Freestone County38%
Guadalupe County38%
Harrison County38%
Brazoria County25%
Brazos County25%
Cherokee County25%
Falls County25%
Anderson County13%
Austin County13%
Bastrop County13%
Bexar County13%
Bowie County13%
Galveston County13%
Jackson County13%
Lampasas County13%
McLennan County13%
San Augustine County13%
Walker County13%

Where the Jordans were born

Birthplaces the Jordans reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee725%
Alabama621%
Georgia414%
Virginia311%
North Carolina27%
South Carolina27%
Arkansas14%
Kentucky14%
Louisiana14%
Texas14%

When the Jordans reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Jordans
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
0
1850s
11
1860s
24

Every Jordan in the register

The Jordans in the register, 1 to 38 of 38
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert JordanBexar CountyGeorgia1854
Ambrose JordanGuadalupe CountyAlabama1866
Anderson JordanCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Arcelus JordanHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1865
C.R. JordanBowie CountyNorth Carolina1854
Charles JordanJackson County1857
Conclude JordanFalls County
Dan'l JordanDallas CountySouth Carolina1860
Daniel JordanHarrison CountySouth Carolina1852
E. JordanCherokee CountyAlabama
Emanuel JordanAustin CountyVirginia1856
Ephraim JordanGalveston County1866
Ephriam JordanFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Fayette JordanDallas CountyTexas1860
Floyd JordanHarrison CountyGeorgia1863
Frank JordanBurleson County1861
Frank JordanSan Augustine CountyAlabama1866
Henry JordanBrazoria CountyVirginia1858
Henry JordanBrazos County1862
Hezekiah JordanWalker CountyKentucky1863
Jacob JordanBurleson County1837
Jacob JordanFalls County
James JordanAnderson CountyVirginia1865
James JordanMcLennan County
Jas. JordanDallas CountyTennessee1858
John JordanGuadalupe CountyTennessee1866
Joseph JordanFreestone CountyGeorgia1867
Lewis JordanFreestone CountyGeorgia1859
Lewis JordanGuadalupe CountyArkansas1866
Millen JordanDallas CountyTennessee1860
Morgan JordanLampasas CountyTennessee1866
Ranson JordanDallas CountyTennessee1858
Robert JordanBrazoria CountyLouisiana1858
Thomas JordanBurleson County1860
Urm. JordanDallas CountyAlabama1864
Valentine JordanDallas CountyTennessee1860
William JordanBastrop CountyTennessee1855
William JordanBrazos County1862

Jordan genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Jordan in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Dallas County holds 7 of the 38, Burleson County 3. 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.

Where did the Jordans in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (7), Alabama (6) and Georgia (4) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Jordan?

Dallas County (7), Burleson County (3), Freestone County (3). In all, 38 registered across 20 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 Jordan appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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