Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jefferson Jones, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Jefferson Jones registered to vote in Cooke County on July 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Cooke County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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In Cooke County

Jefferson Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jefferson Jones
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Cooke County
9 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Jones in Cooke County

  • Robert Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
  • Samuel Jonesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858

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 Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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