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.
- 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"
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 19 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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