Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ammon Johnson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ammon Johnson registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ammon Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ammon Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Fayette County
- 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
- 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 55 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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