Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Johnson, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Johnson registered to vote in Fannin County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jesse Johnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Johnson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fannin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJesse Johnson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fannin County.
Other freedmen named Johnson in Fannin County
- Isaac Johnsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas Johnsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1842
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 3 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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