Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Seals, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Robert Seals registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Robert Seals
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Seals
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert his X mark Seals"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsRobert Seals reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Sealses elsewhere in Texas
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 7 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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