Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Hamilton, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Albert Hamilton registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Albert Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Hamilton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert his X mark Hamilton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsAlbert Hamilton reported 24 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Hamilton in Walker County
- Israel Hamiltonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
Hamiltons 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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