Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Walker, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
David Walker registered to vote in Galveston County on June 26, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
David Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Walker
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsDavid Walker reported 19 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Galveston County
- Claiborn Walkerreached Texas about 1861
- 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 26 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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