Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jones, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Jones registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
William Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsWilliam Jones reported 19 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Harrison County
- Daniel Jonesborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Dennis Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Edmund Jonesborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Elias Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
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 48 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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