Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Walker, Walker County, Texas, 1867
James Walker registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Walker County
James Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Walker
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "James his X mark Walker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Walker County
- Alexander Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Allen Walkerborn in Mississippi
- Deston Walkerborn in Louisiana
- Elijah Walkerborn in Alabama
- Goliah Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Walkers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Walker
- Walken 5
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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