Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abe Johnson, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

Abe Johnson registered to vote in Burleson County on July 5, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Burleson County

Abe Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abe Johnson
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 5, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years 6 months
Years in Burleson County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Burleson County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Abe Johnson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Burleson County

Johnsons elsewhere in Texas

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. It sits on page 5 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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