Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arthur Porter, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Arthur Porter registered to vote in Walker County on July 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Arthur Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arthur Porter
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Naturalized, when
- "Arthur X Smith"
- Signature, as written
- "Arthur X his mark Price"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Porter in Walker County
- William Porterborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1865
Porters 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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