Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Jones, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Jones registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Daniel Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Jones
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Marshall. Harrison County.
Registered
July 5, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Harrison County
15 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
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 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 16 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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