Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
S Ashley, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
S Ashley registered to vote in Johnson County on August 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 4 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
S Ashley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- S Ashley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsS Ashley reported 22 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
Ashleys elsewhere in Texas
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. Johnson County's entries fill 20 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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