Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bird Johnson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Bird Johnson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Bird Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bird Johnson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsBird Johnson reported 22 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Colorado County
- Ben Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1844
- Brooks Johnsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Charles Johnsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Charlie Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- Dallas Johnsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
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 60 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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