Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levin Johnson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Levin Johnson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Levin Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levin Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 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
- Ambrose Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Andrew Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
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 16 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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