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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Joseph Page reported 2 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 10 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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