Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Briteman Jones, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Briteman Jones registered to vote in Bowie County on November 20, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Briteman Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Briteman Jones
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Bowie County
- Allen Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Coleman Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Elmon Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Isaac Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- John Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
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 20 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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