Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Johnson, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Eli Johnson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Eli Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Johnson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Rankin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Lamar County
- Andrew Johnsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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