Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Knox Walker, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Knox Walker registered to vote in Brazos County on November 22, 1869. He reported 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Knox Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Knox Walker
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsKnox Walker reported 11 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Brazos County
- Abram Walkerreached Texas about 1857
- Cornelius Walkerreached Texas about 1863
- Edward Walkerreached Texas about 1848
- 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 41 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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