Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Johnson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
William Johnson registered to vote in Freestone County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
William Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Johnson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Freestone County
- Allen Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Allen Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Arch Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- James Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- Peter Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
Johnsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Johnson
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 1 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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