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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsCharles 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
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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