Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oliver Johnson, Harris County, Texas, 1867
Oliver Johnson registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harris County
Oliver Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Johnson
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harris County
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Harris County
- 4 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Willy his x mark Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsOliver Johnson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harris County.
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 1 of the Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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