Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Houston Johnson, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Houston Johnson registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Houston Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Houston Johnson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wood County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Houston Johnson"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Wood County
- Austin Johnsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- Cave Johnsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 13 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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