Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Hall, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Hall registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thomas Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Hall
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Tho. his X mark Hall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsThomas Hall reported 12 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Hall in Walker County
- Bob Hallborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1853
Halls 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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