Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dennis Clements, Johnson County, Texas, 1867

Dennis Clements registered to vote in Johnson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Johnson County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Johnson County

Dennis Clements

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dennis Clements
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Johnson County
Precinct
Cleburne
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Johnson County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Johnson County highlighted
Johnson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Clements in Johnson County

Clementses elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Clements 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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