Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Jones, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Jones registered to vote in Walker County on August 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% 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 Walker County
Thomas Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Came to New York when 8 yrs old"
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas X Done"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Walker County
- Adolphus Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Anderson Jonesborn in South Carolina
- Anthony Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Benjamin Jonesborn in Delaware
- Calvin Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 19 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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