Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ellis Johnson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ellis Johnson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 0 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ellis Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ellis Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 8 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
0 yearsEllis Johnson reported 0 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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
- Fred Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 49 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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