Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Mosby, Walker County, Texas, 1867
John Mosby registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County
John Mosby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Mosby
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "John X Mosby"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJohn Mosby reported 8 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 8 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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