Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Ferguson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Ferguson registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Dennis Ferguson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Ferguson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dennis X Freeman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsDennis Ferguson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Ferguson in Walker County
- Fayette Fergusonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Harry Fergusonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Fergusons 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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