Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wade N. Hampton, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Wade N. Hampton registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Wade N. Hampton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wade N. Hampton
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. N. X Hampton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hampton in Walker County
- Moses Hamptonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Wade Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
Hamptons 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 14 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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