Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cain Johnson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Cain Johnson registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 31, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. 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
21 years
In Texas
about 1846
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

1846186018621864186618681870
In Gonzales County

Cain Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cain Johnson
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

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 25 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Gonzales County, Texas

Gonzales County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Gonzales CountyThe Johnson name in TexasSearch Gonzales County by name