Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Johnson, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Henry Johnson registered to vote in Chambers County on August 20, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana" beside his name.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Henry Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Johnson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 6 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Birth"
- Naturalized, when
- "1844"
- Naturalized, where
- "Louisana"
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHenry Johnson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
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 4 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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