Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Walker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Moses Walker registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Moses Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Walker
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. Mackey"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsMoses Walker reported 18 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Harrison County
- Anderson Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Austin Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- Gen G. Walkerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Israel Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Jack Walkerborn in Georgia, 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 38 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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