Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gibson Odham, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Gibson Odham registered to vote in Walker County on August 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Gibson Odham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gibson Odham
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson his X mark Oldham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsGibson Odham reported 9 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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