Comal County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harry Jones, Comal County, Texas, 1867

Harry Jones registered to vote in Comal County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Comal County. Comal County registered 76 freedmen in 1867, 9% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Comal County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Comal County

Harry Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harry Jones
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Comal County
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Comal County
1 year
Years in Texas before Comal County
14 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Comal County highlighted
Comal County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Harry Jones reported 14 years more in Texas than in Comal County.

Other freedmen named Jones in Comal County

  • Allen Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
  • Charles Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854

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 2 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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