Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J.R. Johnson, Hill County, Texas, 1869
J.R. Johnson registered to vote in Hill County on November 25, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
J.R. Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J.R. Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Hill County
- David Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- John Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 21 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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