Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isham Jones, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Isham Jones registered to vote in Lamar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Isham Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isham Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joel Shumard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Isaac Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Isaac Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 10 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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