Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
D.U. Chism, Walker County, Texas, 1867
D.U. Chism registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
D.U. Chism
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- D.U. Chism
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. W. Chism"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsD.U. Chism reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Chisms 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 2 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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