Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Heney, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Heney registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 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
Anthony Heney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Heney
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Anthony Hervey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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