Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Smith Walker, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Smith Walker registered to vote in Fayette County on August 1, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Smith Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Smith Walker
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsSmith Walker reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Fayette County
- Andy Walkerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1850
- Charles Walker
- Robert Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
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 32 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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