Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Claborne Jones, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Claborne Jones registered to vote in Henderson County on July 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Claborne Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Claborne Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ambrose Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsClaborne Jones reported 11 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Henderson County
- Cadmus Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- James Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Wilson Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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 1 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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