Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matt Walker, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Matt Walker registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 18, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Matt Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matt Walker
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMatt Walker reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Bastrop County
- Abner Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- 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
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 23 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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