Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Johnson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Johnson registered to vote in Austin County on August 30, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Wesley Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Johnson
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWesley Johnson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Austin County
- Arch Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
- 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
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 39 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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