Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Jones, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Jones registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Austin County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Thomas Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Jones
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 26, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Austin County
2 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Thomas Jones reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Jones in Austin County

Joneses elsewhere in Texas

All 453 freedmen named Jones 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 35 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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