Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Walton, Harrison County, Texas, 1869

Moses Walton registered to vote in Harrison County on August 16, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Moses Walton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Walton
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 16, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
2 years
Years in the precinct
20 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
18 years
Signature, as written
"M. L. Walton"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

Moses Walton reported 18 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Walton in Harrison County

Waltons elsewhere in Texas

All 20 freedmen named Walton 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 64 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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