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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Grant in Walker County
- Augustus Grantborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Grantborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Richard Grantborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Grants 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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