Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson McKinney, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jackson McKinney registered to vote in Walker County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jackson McKinney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson McKinney
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jackson his X mark McKinney"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McKinney in Walker County
- Littleton McKinneyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Madison McKinneyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
McKinneys 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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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