Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Parish, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Parish registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 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
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jerry Parish
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Parish
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Walker County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry his X mark Parnell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Parish in Walker County
- Cato Parishborn in Alabama
- Enoch Parishborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Parishes 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 5 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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