Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Johnston, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Johnston registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Sammuel Johnston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Johnston
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Johnstons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Johnston
- Johnson 645
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 4 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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