Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Johnson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Johnson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Edmund Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Johnson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsEdmund Johnson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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 21 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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