Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Hester, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Charles Hester registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Charles Hester
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Hester
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 25 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles X Hester"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsCharles Hester reported 25 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Hesters 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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