Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ben Johnson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Ben Johnson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 10, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Ben Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ben Johnson
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 10, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Galveston County
5 months
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Galveston County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Ben Johnson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Galveston County

Johnsons elsewhere in Texas

All 645 freedmen named Johnson 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 12 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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