Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Aron Johnson, Karnes County, Texas, 1867

Aron Johnson registered to vote in Karnes County on July 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Karnes County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Karnes County

Aron Johnson

Texas

Name: Aron Johnson
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Karnes County
Precinct: 3
Registered: July 17, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Karnes County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Karnes County on the 1870 county map

Johnsons elsewhere in Texas

All 645 freedmen named Johnson in Texas

Variations of Johnson

Johns 25
Johnston 19

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 2 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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