Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James.R.R. Johnson, Walker County, Texas, 1867

James.R.R. Johnson registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

1851186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

James.R.R. Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James.R.R. Johnson
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Walker County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Walker County
15 years
Signature, as written
"James R. V. Johnson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

James.R.R. Johnson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Walker 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 4 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Walker County, Texas

Walker County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Walker CountyThe Johnson name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Walker County by name