Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Jones, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
David Jones registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
David Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dan his X mark Amy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Matagorda County
- 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
- 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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