Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Jones, Grayson County, Texas, 1868
Richard Jones registered to vote in Grayson County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Richard Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Grayson County
- David Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Henderson Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- James Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- S. Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
- Samuel Jonesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 34 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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