Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Walton, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Samuel Walton registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samuel Walton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Walton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel Walton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsSamuel Walton reported 4 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Walton in Madison County
- Daniel Waltonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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