Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Johnson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Johnson registered to vote in Shelby County on July 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Aaron Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Johnson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron his X mark Johnson"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Shelby County
- Artch Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Elic Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Randoll Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- Ruben Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Sigh Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
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 2 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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