Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Walker, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

John Walker registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 12, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 25 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
26 years
In Texas
25 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

John Walker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Walker
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Gonzales County
25 years
Years in the precinct
25 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

John Walker reported 1 year more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Walker in Gonzales County

Walkers elsewhere in Texas

All 167 freedmen named Walker in Texas

Variations of Walker

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 5 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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