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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJoe Jones reported 1 year 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. It sits on page 56 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Fayette County, Texas
Fayette County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Fayette CountyThe Jones name in TexasBorn in AlabamaSearch Fayette County by name