Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jones, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
James Jones registered to vote in Henderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Henderson County
James Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Henderson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "James Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Henderson County
- Cadmus Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Claborne Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 14 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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