Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Johnson, Burleson County, Texas, 1868

Richard Johnson registered to vote in Burleson County on January 31, 1868. He reported 10 years in Texas, 1 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
10 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

Richard Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Johnson
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 31, 1868
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Burleson County
1 year 6 months
Years in the precinct
1 year 6 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Richard Johnson reported 9 years 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 29 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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