Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abner Walker, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Abner Walker registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 19, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Abner Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abner Walker
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAbner Walker reported 12 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Bastrop County
- Bryson Walkerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- Charles Walkerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
- Clayton Walkerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Gustus Walkerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- John Walkerborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1865
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 44 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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