Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bob Hall, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Bob Hall registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 1867. He reported Florida 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Walker County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Bob Hall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Bob Hall
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Walker County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Walker County
13 years
Signature, as written
"Bob his X mark Hall"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Bob Hall reported 13 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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