Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Johnson, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Jim Johnson registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 14 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Jim Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Houston County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jim his x mark Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJim Johnson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Houston County
- Andrew Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Foutain Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- George Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- James Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- William Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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 7 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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