Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cornelius Johnson, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Cornelius Johnson registered to vote in Hunt County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 6 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Cornelius Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cornelius Johnson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 9, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Hunt County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Hunt County
4 years
Signature, as written
"Cornelius his X mark Johnson"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Cornelius Johnson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

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 1 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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