Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Jones, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
George Jones registered to vote in Freestone County on August 14, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Freestone County
George Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Freestone County
- Addison Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Claborn Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- Edward Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Ellridge Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- Henry Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
Joneses 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 22 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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