Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jones, Austin County, Texas, 1867
James Jones registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
James Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJames Jones reported 4 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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
- 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 11 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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