Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Jones, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

William Jones registered to vote in Galveston County on June 13, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
21 years
In Texas
about 1846
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

William Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Jones
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 13, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
4 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

William Jones reported 20 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Jones in Galveston County

Joneses elsewhere in Texas

All 453 freedmen named Jones 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 17 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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