Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Mimcin, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Dick Mimcin registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Dick Mimcin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Mimcin
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dick Mumlin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsDick Mimcin reported 16 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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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