Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Gary, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Gary registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Anthony Gary
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Gary
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Anthony X Cary"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsAnthony Gary reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Gary in Walker County
- Harry Garyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Isaac Garyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Spencer Garyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Garys 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 10 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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