Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Johnson, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Henry Johnson registered to vote in Parker County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Henry Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Parker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsHenry Johnson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Parker County
- Aaron Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
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 1 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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