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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsCornelius Johnson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Hunt County
- Pleasant Johnsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1867
Johnsons elsewhere 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 1 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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