Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Walker, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Walker registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Elijah Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Walker
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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