Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Johnson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Louis Johnson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Louis Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Johnson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Matagorda County
- Cato Johnsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Charles Johnsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Johnsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- Henry Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
- Samuel Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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