Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Jones, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Silas Jones registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Silas Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Jones
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Colorado County
- Anthony Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- 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
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 50 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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