Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Montgomery, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Montgomery registered to vote in Walker County on July 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Sam Montgomery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Montgomery
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Naturalized, when
- "Sam X Montgomery"
- Naturalized, where
- "Colored"
- Signature, as written
- "Sam X his mark Montgomery"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Montgomery in Walker County
- Lewis Montgomeryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Peter Montgomeryborn in South Carolina
Montgomerys 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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