Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Jones, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Jones registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 2 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Solomon Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Solomon X Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsSolomon Jones reported 21 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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