Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Johnson, Bosque County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Johnson registered to vote in Bosque County on Aug. 1 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas, 15 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Thomas Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Johnson
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- Aug. 1 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Bosque County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Bosque County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsThomas Johnson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Bosque County
- Wily Johnsonreached Texas about 1866
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 Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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