Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Strother Hume, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Strother Hume registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 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
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Walker County
Strother Hume
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Strother Hume
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Walker County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frotheu X Burner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hume in Walker County
- Calvin Humeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1840
- Harmon Humeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Humes 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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