Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jones, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jones registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 1, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Henry Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jones
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Hopkins County
- Ellison Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- George Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Starlin Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Winson Jonesborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
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 12 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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