Wise County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Johnson, Wise County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Johnson registered to vote in Wise County on August 17, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Wise County. The registrar wrote "Colord" beside his name. Wise County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wise County
Thomas Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Johnson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Wise County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Wise County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colord"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Wise County
- Alexander Johnsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
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 3 of the Wise County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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