Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J.H. Houston, Walker County, Texas, 1867
J.H. Houston registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 20 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
J.H. Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J.H. Houston
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Walker County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. H. Herndon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJ.H. Houston reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Houston in Walker County
- Eliza Houstonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Ned Houstonborn in South Carolina
- Sam Houstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Houstons 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 3 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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