Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Johnson, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Johnson registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Samuel Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Johnson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Tarrant County
- Bailey Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Charles Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Emanual Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Hiram Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
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. Tarrant County's entries fill 30 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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