Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George C. Jones, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
George C. Jones registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 28, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
George C. Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George C. Jones
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "George C. Jones, his mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Matagorda County
- David Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Guy Jonesborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1860
- Isaiah Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Limas Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
- 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 17 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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