Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Johnson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
William Johnson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
William Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Johnson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Colorado County
- Ben Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1844
- Bird Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Brooks Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Charles Johnsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Charlie Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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