Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Lownds, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Albert Lownds registered to vote in Walker County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 3 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Albert Lownds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Lownds
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert X Lownds"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsAlbert Lownds reported 4 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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