Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Johnson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869

Sam Johnson registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported 24 years in Texas, 9 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
24 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

Sam Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Johnson
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
24 years
Years in Gonzales County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Sam Johnson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Gonzales 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 45 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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