Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Johnson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ned Johnson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Ned Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Johnson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Fayette County
- Ammon Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Andrew Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Charles Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Charles Johnsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1851
- Ellis Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
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 27 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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