Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Walker, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Walker registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joshua Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Walker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. X Walker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoshua Walker reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Walker County
- Alexander Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Allen Walkerborn in Mississippi
- Deston Walkerborn in Louisiana
- Elijah Walkerborn in Alabama
- Goliah Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Walkers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Walker
- Walken 5
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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