Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Baxton Walker, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Baxton Walker registered to vote in Leon County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Baxton Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Baxton Walker
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Barton his X mark Walker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Leon County
- 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
- Joseph Walkerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 35 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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