Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Johnson, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
George Johnson registered to vote in Cooke County on August 17, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 10 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
George Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Johnson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Johnson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Cooke County.
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 8 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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