Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ambrose Johnson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ambrose Johnson registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ambrose Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ambrose Johnson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Harrison County
- Abner Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Alford Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Alfred Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Andrew Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Bert Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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 10 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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