Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilford Jones, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Gilford Jones registered to vote in Brazos County on November 26, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Gilford Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilford Jones
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 50 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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