Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Greene Jones, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Greene Jones registered to vote in Austin County on July 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Greene Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Greene Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 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
- James Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Miles Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 7 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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