Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelius Walker, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Cornelius Walker registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Cornelius Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelius Walker
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsCornelius Walker reported 2 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Brazos County
- Abram Walkerreached Texas about 1857
- Edward Walkerreached Texas about 1848
- Knox Walkerreached Texas about 1857
- Sam Walkerreached Texas about 1849
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 Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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