Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Walker, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Simon Walker registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Simon Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Walker
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Galveston County
- Claiborn Walkerreached Texas about 1861
- David Walkerreached Texas about 1847
- George Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Isic Walkerreached Texas about 1866
- Richard Walkerreached Texas about 1850
Walkers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Walker
- Walken 5
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 7 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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