Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Jones, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

William Jones registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 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
21 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

William Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Jones
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
4
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
June 29, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

William Jones reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Jones in Harrison 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 9 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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