Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrell Jones, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Burrell Jones registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Burrell Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrell Jones
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsBurrell Jones reported 25 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Jones in Colorado County
- Anthony Jonesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 13 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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