Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pleasant Johnson, Hunt County, Texas, 1869
Pleasant Johnson registered to vote in Hunt County on November 26, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Pleasant Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pleasant Johnson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Pleasant his X mark Johnston."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Hunt County
- Cornelius Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 31 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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