Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Perry Johnson, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Perry Johnson registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 12, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Perry Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Perry Johnson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 12, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Perry Johnston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsPerry Johnson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Kaufman County
- Isaac Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Patrick Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Ritchard Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Smart Johnsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
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 7 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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