Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Major General Grant, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Major General Grant registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Walker County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Walker County

Major General Grant

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Major General Grant
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Walker County
8 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"W. Gen. X his mark Grant"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Grant in Walker County

Grants elsewhere in Texas

All 43 freedmen named Grant 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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