Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Scott Jones, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Scott Jones registered to vote in Austin County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 5 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Transferred to Washington County" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Scott Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Scott Jones
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Austin County
5 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
4 years
Remarks, as written
"Transferred to Washington County"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Scott Jones reported 4 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 14 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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