Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Westly Johnson, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Westly Johnson registered to vote in Hill County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Westly Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Westly Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- White Rock
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hill County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsWestly Johnson reported 10 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
- John Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
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 3 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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