Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Loyd Johnson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Loyd Johnson registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Loyd Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Loyd Johnson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Loyd X Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsLoyd Johnson reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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