Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chance Walker, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Chance Walker registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Chance Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chance Walker
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 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
- Charles Walkerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Edmund Walkerborn in Tennessee, 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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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