Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bailey Johnson, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Bailey Johnson registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Bailey Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bailey Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Tarrant County
- 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
- Robit Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 5 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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