Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Colonel Johnson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Colonel Johnson registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hopkins County. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Colonel Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Colonel Johnson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Colonel x Johnson"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsColonel Johnson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Hopkins County
- Henry Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 8 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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