Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
N Simpson, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
N Simpson registered to vote in Johnson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Johnson County
N Simpson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- N Simpson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Grandview
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Simpsons 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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