Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Johns, Davis County, Texas, 1869
William Johns registered to vote in Davis County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Davis County
William Johns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Johns
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Davis County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 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
- Perry Johnsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Richard 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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