Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robin Wiche, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Robin Wiche registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Robin Wiche
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robin Wiche
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robin his X mark Shiche"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsRobin Wiche reported 12 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 7 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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