Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Jones, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Jones registered to vote in Wood County on August 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Wood County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Wood County

Thomas Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Jones
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Wood County
11 years
Years in the precinct
11 years
Signature, as written
"Thomas his X mark Jones"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jones in Wood 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 19 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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