Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Johnson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Johnson registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County
Jesse Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Johnson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac x Johnson"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsJesse Johnson reported 24 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Leon County
- Aleck Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Amos Johnsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1842
- Andrew Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Ben Johnsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Brody Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 5 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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