Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Walton, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
William Walton registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
William Walton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Walton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWilliam Walton reported 9 years more in Texas than in Bastrop 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 23 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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