Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richmond Johnson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Richmond Johnson registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
1854186018621864186618681870
In Walker County
Richmond Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richmond Johnson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Walker County
- Alfred Johnsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- Anthony Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Ben Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- David Johnsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Edmon Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 22 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 GeorgiaSearch Walker County by name