Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Perry Johns, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Perry Johns registered to vote in Davis County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Davis County
Perry Johns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Perry Johns
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johns in Davis County
- Green Johnsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Johnsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Jack Johnsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Richard Johnsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- William Johnsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Johnses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Johns
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 Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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