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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsCave Johnson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Wood County
- Austin Johnsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- 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 16 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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