Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Johns, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Johns registered to vote in Bexar County on July 16, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Daniel Johns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Johns
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsDaniel Johns reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Other freedmen named Johns in Bexar County
- Moses Johnsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
Johnses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Johns
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 22 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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