Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Brunson Johnson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Brunson Johnson registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Brunson Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Brunson Johnson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsBrunson Johnson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Bastrop County
- Charley Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1865
- Emmel Johnsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Harry Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 38 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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