Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Martin Johnson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Martin Johnson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Colorado County, Texas

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

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870

In Colorado County

Martin Johnson

Texas

Name: Martin Johnson
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Colorado County
Precinct: 96° 32'
Registered: July 17, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Colorado County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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

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. It sits on page 11 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Colorado County, Texas

Colorado County freedmen and genealogy Every freedman who registered in Colorado County The Johnson name in Texas Born in Tennessee Search Colorado County by name