Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jones, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jones registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Henry Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsHenry Jones reported 4 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
- Jerry Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1856
- Manuel Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Sam Jonesborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
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 22 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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