Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wyatt Jones, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Wyatt Jones registered to vote in Bowie County on August 5, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Wyatt Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wyatt Jones
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Bowie County
- Allen Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Briteman Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Coleman Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Elmon Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Isaac Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 13 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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