Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Austin Johnson, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Austin Johnson registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Wood County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Wood County

Austin Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Austin Johnson
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
3 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"Austin his X mark Johnson"
Remarks, as written
"colored voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Johnson in Wood County

Johnsons elsewhere in Texas

All 645 freedmen named Johnson 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 8 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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