Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shelby Walker, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Shelby Walker registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Shelby Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shelby Walker
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Charles Walkerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
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 16 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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