Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jo Johnson, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Jo Johnson registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 3 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Walker County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
36 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1831
Reached Texas
33 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Jo Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jo Johnson
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
36 years
Years in Walker County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
33 years
Signature, as written
"D. H. 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

33 years

Jo Johnson reported 33 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 29 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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