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.
- 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"
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
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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