Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Claborn Johnson, Madison County, Texas, 1867

Claborn Johnson registered to vote in Madison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 5 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Madison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
29 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1838
Reached Texas
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1838 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

Claborn Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Claborn Johnson
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
29 years
Years in Madison County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Madison County
24 years
Signature, as written
"C. Latron Johnson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

Claborn Johnson reported 24 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Madison 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 8 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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