Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jones, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Jones registered to vote in Fayette County on July 24, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jones
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWilliam Jones reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Fayette County
- Abram Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Albert Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Alex Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Beverly Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Bolin Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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