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.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsBob Hall reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Hall in Walker County
- Thomas Hallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
Halls 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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