Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

V Tipett, Johnson County, Texas, 1869

V Tipett registered to vote in Johnson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Johnson County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Johnson County

V Tipett

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
V Tipett
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Johnson County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Johnson County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Johnson County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Johnson County highlighted
Johnson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

V Tipett reported 1 year more in Texas than in Johnson County.

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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