Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jones, Austin County, Texas, 1868
William Jones registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jones
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Austin County
- Alfred Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Charles Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- 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
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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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