Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Jones, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Jones registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Edmund Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Jones
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Elias Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Elijah Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 12 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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