Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isom Walton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isom Walton registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Isom Walton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isom Walton
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Walton"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Walton in Harrison County
- Joseph Waltonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1857
- Minie Waltonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Moses Waltonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Samuel Waltonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Thomas Waltonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
Waltons elsewhere in Texas
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 47 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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