Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Job Gardener, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Job Gardener registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Walker County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Job Gardener

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Job Gardener
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 1, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Walker County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Walker County
14 years
Signature, as written
"Jos. Y Gardener"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Job Gardener reported 14 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Variations of Gardener

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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