Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prince Traylor, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Prince Traylor registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Prince Traylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prince Traylor
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Prince X his mark Traylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsPrince Traylor reported 12 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Traylor in Walker County
- Andrew Traylorborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- George Traylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Peter Traylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
Traylors 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 15 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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