Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Johnson, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Henry Johnson registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Lavaca County
Henry Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Johnson
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Naturalized, how
- "County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 6th 1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "LaGrange, Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Lavaca County
- John Johnsonreached Texas about 1853
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 Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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