Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Johnson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Johnson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Samuel Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
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
- Louis Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 8 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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