Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Baxter Johnson, Hays County, Texas, 1867
Baxter Johnson registered to vote in Hays County. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hays County
Baxter Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Baxter Johnson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hays County
- Precinct
- 1
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hays County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Hays County
- Anderson Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Chalres Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
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 3 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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