Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Greene Banton, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Greene Banton registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Walker County
Greene Banton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Greene Banton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Austin X Andrews"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Banton in Walker County
- James Bantonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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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