Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dudley Stencil, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Dudley Stencil registered to vote in Walker County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Dudley Stencil
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dudley Stencil
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dudley his X mark Stovall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsDudley Stencil reported 7 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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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