Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Griffin Wright, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Griffin Wright registered to vote in Johnson County on August 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Johnson County
Griffin Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Griffin Wright
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Alvarado
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Johnson County
- J Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Jeff Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Moses Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Thomas Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
Wrights 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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