Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephen Jones, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Stephen Jones registered to vote in Harrison County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Stephen Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stephen Jones
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Harrison County
11 years
Years in the precinct
18 months
Signature, as written
"S. Johns"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jones in Harrison 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 63 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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