Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Traylor, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Peter Traylor registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Born in Georgia, registered in Walker County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Walker County

Peter Traylor

Texas

Name: Peter Traylor
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 1
Registered: August 20, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Walker County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Signature, as written: "P. X Drayton"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Traylor in Walker County

Andrew Traylorborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
George Traylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
Prince Traylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854

Traylors elsewhere in Texas

Stephen Traylor Jasper County

All 5 freedmen named Traylor 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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