Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nelson Johnson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Nelson Johnson registered to vote in Brazos County on July 19, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Nelson Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nelson Johnson
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Brazos County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Nelson Johnson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Brazos County

Johnsons elsewhere in Texas

All 645 freedmen named Johnson 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 24 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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