Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lou Norton, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Lou Norton registered to vote in Johnson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 6 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Lou Norton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lou Norton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsLou Norton reported 12 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
Nortons 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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