Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Wright, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Moses Wright registered to vote in Johnson County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Johnson County
Moses Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Wright
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Grandview
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Johnson County
- Griffin Wrightborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- J Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Jeff 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. It sits on page 4 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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