Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Johnson, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Johnson registered to vote in Liberty County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac, his x mark, Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Liberty County
- Albert Johnsonborn in Georgia
- Ambrose Johnsonborn in Virginia
- Hanry Johnsonborn in Georgia
- Isom Johnsonborn in Georgia
- Randol Johnsonborn in North Carolina
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 3 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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