Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Walton, Wood County, Texas, 1869
Alex Walton registered to vote in Wood County on November 20, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 18 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Alex Walton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Walton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Wood County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alex Maston"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAlex Walton reported 9 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Waltons elsewhere 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 25 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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