Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Tilman, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Tilman registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jesse Tilman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Tilman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jesse X Gilman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJesse Tilman reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Tilmans elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Tilman
- Tillman 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 10 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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