Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Amos Johnson, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Amos Johnson registered to vote in Leon County on August 23, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 12 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Leon County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Amos Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Amos Johnson
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 23, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Leon County
12 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Leon County
13 years
Signature, as written
"Amos x 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

13 years

Amos Johnson reported 13 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 20 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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