Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cherokee Greene, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Cherokee Greene registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Walker County
Cherokee Greene
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cherokee Greene
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Walker County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Cherokee X Crume"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Greene in Walker County
- Albert Greeneborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Ben Greeneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Benjamin Greeneborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Larkin Greeneborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Rolly Greeneborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Greenes elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Greene
- Green 225
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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