Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Trayler, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Trayler registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Lewis Trayler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Trayler
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. V. Traylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsLewis Trayler reported 12 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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