Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Giles Walker, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Giles Walker registered to vote in Grayson County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Giles Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Giles Walker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 13
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Grayson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Grayson County
- Benjamin Walkerborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
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 29 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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