Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Johnson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Henry Johnson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Henry Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsHenry Johnson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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