Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jones, Cherokee County, Texas, 1869
William Jones registered to vote in Cherokee County on Nov. 20 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
William Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jones
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- Nov. 20 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Jones in Cherokee County
- David Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Edmon Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Jonesborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- Isaac Jonesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Jerry Jonesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
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 56 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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