Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Jones, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Peter Jones registered to vote in Johnson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Peter Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Jones
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsPeter Jones reported 5 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
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 2 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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