Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Jones, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Jones registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
Alfred Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alfred Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Leon County
- Aaron Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Allen Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Amos Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Gabriel Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- John Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 1 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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