Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Squire Doubtful, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Squire Doubtful registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Walker County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
about 1856
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Squire Doubtful

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Squire Doubtful
Place of birth
Louisiana
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
"Squire X Omorfue"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Squire Doubtful 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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