Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Johnson, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Johnson registered to vote in Parker County on August 10, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Aaron Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Johnson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Parker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsAaron Johnson reported 19 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Parker County
- Henry 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 6 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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