Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jones, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
William Jones registered to vote in Van Zandt County on July 23, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jones
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Van Zandt County
- Henry Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 6 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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