Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

H Richeson, Johnson County, Texas, 1867

H Richeson registered to vote in Johnson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Johnson County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Johnson County

H Richeson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
H Richeson
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Johnson County
Precinct
Grandview
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Johnson County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Johnson County highlighted
Johnson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Richeson in Johnson County

  • S Richesonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854

Richesons elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Richeson in Texas

Variations of Richeson

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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