Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Claiborn Walker, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Claiborn Walker registered to vote in Galveston County on June 26, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Claiborn Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Claiborn Walker
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Galveston County
- David Walkerreached Texas about 1847
- George Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Isic Walkerreached Texas about 1866
- Richard Walkerreached Texas about 1850
- Simon Walkerreached Texas about 1855
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 25 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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