Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Jones, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Major Jones registered to vote in Fayette County on September 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Major Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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. It sits on page 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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