Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe Johns, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Monroe Johns registered to vote in Bowie County on August 28, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Monroe Johns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe Johns
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 28, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johns in Bowie County
- Henry Johnsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Hilred Johnsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
Johnses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Johns
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 18 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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