Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Washington Sulivan, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Washington Sulivan registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 22 of them in Walker County. 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Walker County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Washington Sulivan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Washington Sulivan
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 1, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Walker County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
5 years
Signature, as written
"Washington X Sullivan"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Washington Sulivan reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Sulivans elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Sulivan in Texas

Variations of Sulivan

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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