Wise County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Johnson, Wise County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Johnson registered to vote in Wise County on August 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Wise County. The registrar wrote "Colored - Removed from County" beside his name. Wise County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- 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 Wise County
Alexander Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Johnson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wise County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Wise County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored - Removed from County"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Wise County
- Thomas Johnsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
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 5 of the Wise County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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