Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Jones, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

John Jones registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Harrison County

John Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Jones
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
June 29, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Harrison County
1 year
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

John Jones reported 1 year 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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