Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Johnson, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Elijah Johnson registered to vote in Bowie County on November 22, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Elijah Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Johnson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Bowie County
- Frank Johnsonborn in Arkansas
- Madison Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Nathaniel Johnsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1865
- Robert Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 20 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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