Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Russell Johnson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
Russell Johnson registered to vote in Nueces County on June 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Russell Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Russell Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsRussell Johnson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Nueces County
- Chandler Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- Daniel Johnsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
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 Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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