Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Limas Jones, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Limas Jones registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Limas Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Limas Jones
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
Other freedmen named Jones in Matagorda County
- David Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- George C. Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Guy Jonesborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1860
- Isaiah Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Louis Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
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 13 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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