Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josephus Johnson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Josephus Johnson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Josephus Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josephus Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Brazoria County
- Alfred Johnsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1841
- Brown Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- David Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Edward Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Ennis Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1825
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 13 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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