Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Johnson, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Mark Johnson registered to vote in Henderson County on August 9, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Mark Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Johnson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 15 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 29 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Dist. Court."
- Naturalized, when
- "28 July 1860"
- Naturalized, where
- "Henderson County"
- Signature, as written
- "Major Johnston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsMark Johnson reported 29 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Henderson County
- Anthony Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Cordy Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- William Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
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 11 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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