Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Jones, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Manuel Jones registered to vote in Walker County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Manuel Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel his X mark Jones"
- 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 44 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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