Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Smart Johnson, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Smart Johnson registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Kaufman County
Smart Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Smart Johnson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Naturalized, how
- "By Infancy."
- Naturalized, when
- "Enoch Johnson"
- Signature, as written
- "Smith Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Kaufman County
- Isaac Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Patrick Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Perry Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
- Ritchard Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 10 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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