Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Wellburn, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
William Wellburn registered to vote in Johnson County on August 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
1857186018621864186618681870
In Johnson County
William Wellburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Wellburn
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Noland River
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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.
African American genealogy in Johnson County, Texas
Johnson County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Johnson CountyThe Wellburn name in TexasBorn in GeorgiaSearch Johnson County by name