Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Jones, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Jones registered to vote in Leon County on August 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 16 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Aaron Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Leon County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron x Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAaron Jones reported 1 year more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Leon County
- 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
- 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 21 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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