Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabriel Jones, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Gabriel Jones registered to vote in Leon County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Leon County
Gabriel Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabriel Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Leon County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Gabriel x Gray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Leon County
- Aaron Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Alfred Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Allen Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Amos Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 20 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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