Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmund Jones, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Edmund Jones registered to vote in Dallas County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 8 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

Edmund Jones

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmund Jones
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Dallas County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Dallas County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Edmund Jones reported 12 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.

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 24 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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