Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Johnson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

William Johnson registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 11 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
11 years
In Texas
about 1856
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

William Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Johnson
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Galveston County
3 months
Years in the precinct
3 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
10 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

10 years

William Johnson reported 10 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 42 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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