Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Walker, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Charles Walker registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Brazoria County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Charles Walker

Texas

Name: Charles Walker
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Brazoria County
Registered: August 22, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Brazoria County: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Walker in Brazoria County

Aaron Walkerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Anthony Walkerborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1859
Byran Walkerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1860
Chance Walkerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Edmund Walkerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852

Walkers elsewhere in Texas

All 167 freedmen named Walker 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 Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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