Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Tolts, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Tolts registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Thomas Tolts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Tolts
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas X Locke"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsThomas Tolts reported 10 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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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