Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Johnson, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Peter Johnson registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Leon County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Peter Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Johnson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Leon County
10 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Leon County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Peter Johnson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Peter Johnson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Leon 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 10 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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