Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Fred Johnson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Fred Johnson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Fayette County, Texas
South Carolina
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 Fayette County

Fred Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Fred Johnson
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Fayette County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Johnson in Fayette County

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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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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