Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Jones, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Jones registered to vote in Bexar County on July 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Solomon Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Bexar County
- Alford Jonesborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1862
- Anthony Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Anthony Jonesborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Edward Jonesborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1843
- Jackson Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
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 8 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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