Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Walker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jack Walker registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jack Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Walker
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Gaither"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJack Walker reported 14 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
- John Walkerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 62 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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