Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Johnston, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Johnston registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 13 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Collin County
Jerry Johnston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Johnston
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Jul. 13 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Collin County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnston in Collin County
- Ford Johnstonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- John Johnstonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1858
- John Johnstonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Will. Johnstonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
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 6 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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