Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Jones, Austin County, Texas, 1868

Charles Jones registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

1852186018621864186618681870
In Austin County

Charles Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Jones
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
January 31, 1868
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Austin County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jones in Austin County

  • Alfred Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
  • Cuffy Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
  • Greene Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
  • James Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
  • Miles Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863

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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Austin County, Texas

Austin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Austin CountyThe Jones name in TexasBorn in AlabamaSearch Austin County by name