Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Johnson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Johnson registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Benjamin Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Johnson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Brazos County
- Acty Johnsonreached Texas about 1841
- Amos Johnsonreached Texas about 1855
- Amos Johnsonreached Texas about 1866
- Anderson Johnsonreached Texas about 1863
- Anderson Johnsonreached Texas about 1850
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 15 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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