Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hibbard Jones, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Hibbard Jones registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Hibbard Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hibbard Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Brazoria County
- David Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Edmound Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Green Jonesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1833
- James Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
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 10 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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