Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mina Johnson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Mina Johnson registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 22, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Mina Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mina Johnson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsMina Johnson reported 13 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
- Henry Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
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 46 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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