Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Walker, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Robert Walker registered to vote in Fayette County on July 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Robert Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Walker
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Fayette County
- Andy Walkerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1850
- Charles Walker
- Smith Walkerborn in North Carolina, 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 14 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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