Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

K Kennard, Johnson County, Texas, 1867

K Kennard registered to vote in Johnson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Johnson County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Johnson County

K Kennard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
K Kennard
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Johnson County
Precinct
Grandview
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Johnson County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Johnson County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Johnson County highlighted
Johnson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

K Kennard reported 11 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.

Other freedmen named Kennard in Johnson County

  • A Kennardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845

Kennards elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Kennard 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.

African American genealogy in Johnson County, Texas

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