Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walter Greene, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Walter Greene registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Walter Greene
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walter Greene
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. R. Powell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsWalter Greene reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Greene in Walker County
- Albert Greeneborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Ben Greeneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Benjamin Greeneborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Cherokee Greeneborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1858
- Larkin Greeneborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
Greenes elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Greene
- Green 225
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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