Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Roland Jones, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Roland Jones registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 12, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 11 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Roland Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Roland Jones
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsRoland Jones reported 4 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Gonzales County
- Alexander Jonesreached Texas about 1851
- David Jonesreached Texas about 1847
- David Jonesreached Texas about 1850
- George Jonesreached Texas about 1854
- Grant Jonesreached Texas about 1847
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 5 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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