Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Johnson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Charles Johnson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 1 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Charles Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Johnson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Colorado County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Colorado County
20 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

20 years

Charles Johnson reported 20 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 7 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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