Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Ferguson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Harry Ferguson registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Harry Ferguson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Ferguson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "H. B. Ferguson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHarry Ferguson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Ferguson in Walker County
- Dennis Fergusonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
- Fayette Fergusonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Fergusons 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 16 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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