Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Johnson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Henry Johnson registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 7, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Henry Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Johnson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHenry Johnson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Bastrop County
- Bumson Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Charley Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1865
- Emmel Johnsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Harry Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Isaac Johnsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
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 34 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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