Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Johnson, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Robert Johnson registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Walker County. 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Walker County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Walker County

Robert Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Johnson
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Walker County
20 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Signature, as written
"R. Johnson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

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 23 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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