Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jones, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
John Jones registered to vote in Colorado County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
John Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jones
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJohn Jones reported 12 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 57 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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