Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Johnson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Johnson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Lewis Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Johnson
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Lewis Johnson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Colorado County

Johnsons elsewhere in Texas

All 645 freedmen named Johnson 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 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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