Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fortune Jones, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Fortune Jones registered to vote in Galveston County on June 24, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Fortune Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fortune Jones
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Galveston County
- Asbury Jonesreached Texas about 1846
- Bavely Jonesreached Texas about 1852
- Ben Jonesreached Texas about 1845
- Crocket Jonesreached Texas about 1852
- Frederick Jonesreached Texas about 1857
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 23 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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