Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Johnson, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Louis Johnson registered to vote in Tyler County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 16 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Louis Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Johnson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Louis Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearLouis Johnson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Tyler County
- Elias Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
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 2 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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