Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Johnson, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Charles Johnson registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 5 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
15 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

Charles Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Johnson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Tarrant County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Charles Johnson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

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 11 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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