Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cave Johnson, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Cave Johnson registered to vote in Wood County on August 9, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Wood County, Texas
Arkansas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Cave Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cave Johnson
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 9, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Wood County
1 year
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Carr 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

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Cave Johnson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

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 16 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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