Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arch Johnson, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
Arch Johnson registered to vote in Freestone County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Arch Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arch Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- 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
- James Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- Peter Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Simon Johnsonborn in Alabama, 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 44 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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