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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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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"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Wood County
- Cave Johnsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1855
- Houston Johnsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Robert Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 8 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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