Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Orange Johnson, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Orange Johnson registered to vote in Bexar County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Orange Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Orange Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsOrange Johnson reported 5 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Bexar County
- Adam Johnsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
- Alexander Johnsonborn in Massachusetts, reached Texas about 1850
- Andrew Johnsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
- Clairbourne Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- Clay Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
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 50 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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