Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ellison Jones, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Ellison Jones registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ellison Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ellison Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "William x Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearEllison Jones reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Hopkins County
- George Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Jonesborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 27 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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