Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Johnson, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Johnson registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 26 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Collin County
Benjamin Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Johnson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- Jul. 26 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Collin County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Collin County
- David Johnsonborn in Oklahoma, reached Texas about 1846
- Green Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
- Lemon Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- Lewis Johnsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Ned Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
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 17 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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