Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Garrett, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Garrett registered to vote in Walker County on August 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 16 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Thomas Garrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Garrett
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas X Garrett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsThomas Garrett reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Garrett in Walker County
- Calvin M. Garrettborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Jackson Garrettborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Jordan Garrettborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Peter Garrettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Wallace Garrettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Garretts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Garrett
- Garret 8
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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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