Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Winson Jones, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Winson Jones registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 1, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Hopkins County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

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Winson Jones

Texas

Name: Winson (Hinson J) Jones
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Hopkins County
Precinct: 8
Registered: August 1, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Hopkins County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Signature, as written: "Hezekiah Jones"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jones in Hopkins County

Ellison Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
George Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Henry Jonesborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1860
Starlin Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859

Joneses elsewhere in Texas

All 453 freedmen named Jones 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 12 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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