Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Jones, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Jones registered to vote in Anderson County on November 16, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Thomas Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Jones
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsThomas Jones reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Anderson County
- George Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Jonesborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
- Henry Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jerry Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1856
- Manuel Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
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 42 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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