DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Houston Jones, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
Houston Jones registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 2 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County
Houston Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Houston Jones
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 20 years
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsHouston Jones reported 20 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
- Jerry Jonesreached Texas about 1860
- John Jonesreached Texas about 1857
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 25 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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