Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reuben Carr, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Reuben Carr registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Walker County
Reuben Carr
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reuben Carr
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Walker County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Reuben X Barr"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carr in Walker County
- Solomon Carrborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Carrs 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 4 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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