Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jones, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
William Jones registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Choctaw Nation as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Choctaw Nation
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Anderson County
William Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jones
- Place of birth
- Choctaw Nation
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 19 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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