Hardin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frederick H. Jones, Hardin County, Texas, 1867
Frederick H. Jones registered to vote in Hardin County on July 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hardin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hardin County registered 41 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Frederick H. Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frederick H. Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hardin County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Hardin County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Hardin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsFrederick H. Jones reported 5 years more in Texas than in Hardin County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Hardin County
- Jackson Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
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 1 of the Hardin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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