Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

A Kennard, Johnson County, Texas, 1867

A Kennard registered to vote in Johnson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 7 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Johnson County
Texas
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Johnson County

A Kennard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
A Kennard
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Johnson County
Precinct
Grandview
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Johnson County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Johnson County
15 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

15 years

A Kennard reported 15 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.

Other freedmen named Kennard in Johnson County

  • K Kennardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852

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.

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