Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Johnson, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Johnson registered to vote in Fannin County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Fannin County
Thomas Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Johnson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Johnson in Fannin County
- Isaac Johnsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1849
- Jesse Johnsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 2 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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