Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Walker, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Walker registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Leon County
Joseph Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Walker
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Leon County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Walker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Leon County
- Baxton Walkerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Braxton Walkerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- George Walkerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- James Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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