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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

25 years

Burrell Jones reported 25 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Jones in Colorado County

Joneses elsewhere in Texas

All 453 freedmen named Jones 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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