Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Jones, Hill County, Texas, 1869
Isaac Jones registered to vote in Hill County on November 25, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
Isaac Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Jones
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hill County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Hill County
- Isaac Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
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 21 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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