Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arch Johnson, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Arch Johnson registered to vote in Austin County on November 23, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Arch Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arch Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsArch Johnson reported 26 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Austin County
- David Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- David Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Davis Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Franklin Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1821
- Geo Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 61 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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