Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John P. Jones, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
John P. Jones registered to vote in Karnes County on July 17, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Karnes County
John P. Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John P. Jones
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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