Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Jones, Houston County, Texas, 1867
George Jones registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Houston County
George Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Houston County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Houston County
- Nelson Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Robert Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 9 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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