Blanco County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Johnson, Blanco County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Johnson registered to vote in Blanco County on July. 30 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Blanco County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Blanco County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Wesley Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Johnson
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Blanco County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July. 30 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Blanco County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Blanco County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWesley Johnson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Blanco County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Blanco County
- Nidom Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
Johnsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Johnson
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 3 of the Blanco County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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