Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hiram Johnson, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Hiram Johnson registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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In Tarrant County

Hiram Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hiram Johnson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Tarrant County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Johnson in Tarrant 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 3 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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