Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jones, Davis County, Texas, 1867
William Jones registered to vote in Davis County on August 2, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Davis County
William Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jones
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Davis County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 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
- John Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
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 14 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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