Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabriel Crook, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Gabriel Crook registered to vote in Walker County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Gabriel Crook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabriel Crook
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Gabriel his X mark Brooks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsGabriel Crook reported 4 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Crooks 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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