Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Jamison, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Jamison registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Had been in county and precinct for 32 days" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Walker County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Andrew Jamison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Jamison
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 1, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Walker County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Walker County
3 years
Signature, as written
"Andrew X Samson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Had been in county and precinct for 32 days"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Andrew Jamison reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

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 2 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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