Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Josiah Jones, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Josiah Jones registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 29, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
27 years
In Texas
27 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Josiah Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Josiah Jones
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Gonzales County
27 years
Years in the precinct
27 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jones in Gonzales 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 22 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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