Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Jones, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Sam Jones registered to vote in Anderson County on August 31, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Sam Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Jones
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 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 36 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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