DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jones, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
John Jones registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 17, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
1857186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County
John Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jones
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 8 years
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJohn Jones reported 8 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
Other freedmen named Jones in DeWitt County
- Charley Jonesreached Texas about 1860
- Gabriel Jonesreached Texas about 1830
- Houston Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Jerry Jonesreached Texas about 1860
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 4 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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