DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Johnson, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

William Johnson registered to vote in DeWitt County on August 2, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

William Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Johnson
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in DeWitt County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Johnson in DeWitt 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 DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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