Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Walker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Walker registered to vote in Harrison County on July 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Joseph Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Walker
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 30 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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