Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lemon Johnson, Collin County, Texas, 1867

Lemon Johnson registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 8 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Collin County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Collin County

Lemon Johnson

Texas

Name: Lemon Johnson
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Collin County
Precinct: 7
Registered: Jul. 8 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Collin County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Collin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Johnson in Collin County

Benjamin Johnsonborn in Oklahoma, reached Texas about 1862
David Johnsonborn in Oklahoma, reached Texas about 1846
Green Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
Lewis Johnsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
Ned Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857

Johnsons elsewhere in Texas

All 645 freedmen named Johnson in Texas

Variations of Johnson

Johns 25
Johnston 19

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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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