Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Jones, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
David Jones registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 20, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
David Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Jones
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Gonzales County
- Alexander Jonesreached Texas about 1851
- David Jonesreached Texas about 1847
- George Jonesreached Texas about 1854
- Grant Jonesreached Texas about 1847
- Green Jonesreached Texas about 1839
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 16 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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