Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Randall, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Moses Randall registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Moses Randall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Randall
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. G. Dillake"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsMoses Randall reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Randall in Walker County
- Abe Randallborn in Tennessee
- Benjamin J Randallborn in South Carolina
- William Randallborn in Alabama
Randalls elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Randall
- Randal 12
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 6 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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