Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Jones, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Jones registered to vote in Wood County on August 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 5 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Franklin Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Jones
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wood County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Franklin Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsFranklin Jones reported 10 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Wood County
- Benjamin Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Edmund F. Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Kit Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Ned Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Sheppard 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 21 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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