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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jones in Hopkins County

Joneses elsewhere in Texas

All 454 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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