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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Austin County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

26 years

Arch Johnson reported 26 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Austin 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 61 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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