Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hartwell Butler, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Hartwell Butler registered to vote in Walker County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Walker County
Hartwell Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hartwell Butler
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Walker County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Naturalized, when
- "Harrison X Butler"
- Signature, as written
- "Fountain X his mark Butler"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Walker County
- Jesse Butlerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Joseph Butlerborn in Texas
- Pinkney Butlerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- William Butlerborn in Texas
- William H. Butlerborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1861
Butlers 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 1 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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