Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reuben Walker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Reuben Walker registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Reuben Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reuben Walker
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 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 35 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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