Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lyns Johnson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Lyns Johnson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 4, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Bastrop County
Lyns Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lyns Johnson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
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 1 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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