Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Golden, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Golden registered to vote in Johnson County on August 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Johnson County
Lewis Golden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Golden
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Grandview
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Goldens 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. It sits on page 9 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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