Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Jones, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Harry Jones registered to vote in Brazos County on June 22, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Harry Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Jones
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- June 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHarry Jones reported 10 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Brazos County
- Andy Jonesreached Texas about 1850
- Austin Jonesreached Texas about 1847
- Benjamin Jonesreached Texas about 1864
- Bob Jonesreached Texas about 1866
- Emory Jonesreached Texas about 1853
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 6 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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