Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joe Jones, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Joe Jones registered to vote in Fayette County on September 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Joe Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joe Jones
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
September 29, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Fayette County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Joe Jones reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Jones in Fayette County

Joneses elsewhere in Texas

All 453 freedmen named Jones 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 56 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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