Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Tipton, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Martin Tipton registered to vote in Walker County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Martin Tipton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Tipton
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Martin Tipton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearMartin Tipton reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Tipton in Walker County
- Joseph Tiptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
Tiptons 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 9 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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