Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Jones, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Jones registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
24 years
In Texas
about 1843
Reached Texas
23 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1843 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Alfred Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Jones
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
24 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
23 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

23 years

Alfred Jones reported 23 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Jones in Bastrop County

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 16 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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