Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Jones, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Alex Jones registered to vote in Fayette County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Alex Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Jones
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 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
- Beverly Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Bolin Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- George Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 63 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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