Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Johnson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Alford Johnson registered to vote in Galveston County on July, 2, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Alford Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Johnson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July, 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsAlford Johnson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Galveston County
- Albert Johnsonreached Texas about 1863
- Andrew Johnsonreached Texas about 1865
- Armstard Johnsonreached Texas about 1842
- Ben Johnsonreached Texas about 1851
- Charles Johnsonreached 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 34 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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