Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles White, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Charles White registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
23 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Charles White

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles White
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Walker County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
23 years
Signature, as written
"Charley X White"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

23 years

Charles White reported 23 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named White in Walker County

  • Abram Whiteborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
  • Damon Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
  • Edmon Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
  • Isaac Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
  • Ivy Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863

Whites elsewhere in Texas

All 150 freedmen named White in Texas

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 13 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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