Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Wesley Jones, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

John Wesley Jones registered to vote in Bexar County on July 9, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with District of Columbia and Texas marked
Born in District of Columbia, registered in Bexar County, Texas
District of Columbia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Bexar County

John Wesley Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Wesley Jones
Place of birth
District of Columbia
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 9, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Variations of Wesley Jones

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. Bexar County's entries fill 56 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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