Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Jones, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Jones registered to vote in Lamar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Collored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Isaac Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Watkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Collored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearIsaac Jones reported 1 year more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Lamar County
- Adam Jonesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- David Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Harrison Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Isham Jonesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Peter 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 9 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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