Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmmund Johnson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Edmmund Johnson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 9 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Dallas County
Texas
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Edmmund Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmmund Johnson
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Dallas County
9 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Dallas County
17 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Edmmund Johnson reported 17 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Dallas 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 17 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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