Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Archabel Johnston, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Archabel Johnston registered to vote in Grayson County on July 23, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Grayson County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Grayson County

Archabel Johnston

Texas

Name: Archabel Johnston
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Grayson County
Precinct: 10
Registered: July 23, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Grayson County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Johnstons elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Johnston in Texas

Variations of Johnston

Johnson 645

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 9 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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