Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Geo Johnson, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

Geo Johnson registered to vote in Burleson County on July 3, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

1851186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

Geo Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Geo Johnson
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 3, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Burleson County
18 months
Years in the precinct
18 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Geo Johnson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Burleson 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 2 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Burleson County, Texas

Burleson County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Burleson CountyThe Johnson name in TexasSearch Burleson County by name