Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Jones, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Jones registered to vote in Grayson County on August 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Samuel Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Jones
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 14
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 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
- Richard Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- S. Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
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 21 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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