Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Walker, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Walker registered to vote in Bowie County on August 27, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Thomas Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Walker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 27, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Bowie County
- John Walkerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
- Morrow Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
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 17 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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