Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Walker, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1868
Peter Walker registered to vote in Van Zandt County on January 27, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Peter Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Walker
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsPeter Walker reported 10 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
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 Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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