Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nead Johnson, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Nead Johnson registered to vote in Newton County on September 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 5 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Nead Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nead Johnson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Newton County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Noah his x Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsNead Johnson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Newton County
- Carnelous Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Green Johnsonborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1847
- Parish Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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