Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Johnson, Hill County, Texas, 1869
John Johnson registered to vote in Hill County on November 25, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Johnson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJohn Johnson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Hill County
- David Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- J R Johnsonborn in Tennessee
- Westly Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
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 22 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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