Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jones, Davis County, Texas, 1867
John Jones registered to vote in Davis County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
John Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Davis County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Davis County
- Alford Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Charles Jonesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Simon Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
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 32 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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