Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Essex Jones, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Essex Jones registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Essex Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Essex Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsEssex Jones reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
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 16 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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