Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Polk Walker, Wilson County, Texas, 1868
Polk Walker registered to vote in Wilson County on January 27, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Polk Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Polk Walker
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Wilson County
- Isaac Walkerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- Richard Walkerborn in Tennessee, 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 7 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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