Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Jones, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Calvin Jones registered to vote in Madison County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Calvin Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Madison County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 29 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Oliver"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsCalvin Jones reported 29 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Madison County
- Edman Jonesborn in Alabama, 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 14 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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