Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sigh Johnson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Sigh Johnson registered to vote in Shelby County on September 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Sigh Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sigh Johnson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Leigh L. Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Shelby County
- Aaron Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1839
- 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
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 22 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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