Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Fields, Walker County, Texas, 1867
William Fields registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
William Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Fields
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "William X Fields"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Walker County
- Benjamin Fieldsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 8 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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