Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jones, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
James Jones registered to vote in Burleson County on July 30, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Burleson County
James Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jones
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Burleson County
- Burl Jonesreached Texas about 1862
- Dick Jonesreached Texas about 1862
- Dick Jonesreached Texas about 1847
- Ed Jonesreached Texas about 1857
- Ephraim Jonesreached Texas about 1839
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 24 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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