Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Walker Johnson, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

Walker Johnson registered to vote in Brazos County on November 19, 1869. He reported 23 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
23 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Walker Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Walker Johnson
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Brazos County
2 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
21 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

21 years

Walker Johnson reported 21 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 37 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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