Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Jones, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Jones registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Anthony Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Jones
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Colorado County
- Burrell Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Cherry Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Daniel Jonesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1838
- Ephriam Jonesborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1853
- Frank Jonesborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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