Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Johnston, Parker County, Texas, 1869
George Johnston registered to vote in Parker County on November 22, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Johnston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Johnston
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Parker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Johnston reported 1 year more in Texas than in Parker County.
Johnstons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Johnston
- Johnson 645
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 17 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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