Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Page, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Page registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Joseph Page
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Page
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph X Page"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoseph Page reported 2 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Pages 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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