Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sheppard Jones, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Sheppard Jones registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- 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 Wood County
Sheppard Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sheppard Jones
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wood County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sheppard his X mark Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Wood County
- Benjamin Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Edmund F. Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Franklin Jonesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Kit Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Ned Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 4 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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