Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Johnson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Henry Johnson registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Johnson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Hopkins County
- Colonel Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
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 27 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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