Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
H Ramsey, Johnson County, Texas, 1869
H Ramsey registered to vote in Johnson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
H Ramsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- H Ramsey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsH Ramsey reported 6 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
Ramseys 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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