Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oliver Madison, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Oliver Madison registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Walker County
Oliver Madison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Madison
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Walker County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ben X Madison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Madison in Walker County
- Merrins Madisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1844
- Thomas Madisonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Madisons 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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