Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Johnson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Johnson registered to vote in Nueces County on June 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
15 years
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Nueces County

Daniel Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Johnson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
1
Registered
June 22, 1867
Years in Texas
15 months
Years in Nueces County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Johnson in Nueces 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 2 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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