Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Walter, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Walter registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Registered in Brazos County, Texas

5 years
In Texas: 5 years
In the county: about 1862
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Brazos County

Joseph Walter

Texas

Name: Joseph Walter
County of registration: Brazos County
Precinct: 4
Registered: June 29, 1867
Years in Texas: 5 years
Years in Brazos County: 5 years
Years in the precinct: 5 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Walters elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Walter in Texas

Variations of Walter

Walters 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 15 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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