Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeff Johnson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Jeff Johnson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Jeff Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeff Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Dallas County
- Edmmund Johnsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Jeam Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Rich Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Robert Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
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 17 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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