Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Walton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Walton registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Joseph Walton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Walton
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Harrison County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Joseph Walton reported 8 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 29 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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