Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Walker, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Walker registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 8 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Isaac Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Walker
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his X mark Hacker"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsIsaac Walker reported 12 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
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 15 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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