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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJob Gardener reported 14 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Gardeners elsewhere in Texas
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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